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50 Cards in this Set
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Main Idea |
What the story is mainly about |
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Theme |
Lesson or Moral of the story |
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Author's Purpose |
Why the author is writing the text (To explain, To entertain, To inform, To persuade) |
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Thesis |
Author's opinion on the topic |
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Metaphor |
Comparing two unlike things without using like or as |
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Simile |
Comparing two unlike things using like or as |
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Allusion |
Reference another text or story |
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Foreshadowing |
Hint of what will happen next in a book or story |
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Alliteration |
Repetition of the initial consonant sound |
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Onomatopoeia |
Sound Words |
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Personification |
A non-human object performing a exclusivly human task |
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Conflict |
The problem |
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Internal Conflict |
Mental or Emotional Conflict |
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External Conflict |
Physical conflict and could be seen |
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Imagery |
Sensory language used to make a picture in the reader's mind |
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Physical Journey |
Movement from one place to another place |
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Emotional Journey |
Change within a charater |
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Good Rewarded/Evil Punished |
Someone reward for doing something good or heroic/Someone punished for doing something bad or evil |
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Human Emotions |
Gods/Goddesses that experience human-like emotions |
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Many Gods |
Many different gods in mythology (Sorry if this wasn't a good definition, I had no idea how to define this) |
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Magic |
Magical powers used by mythological charaters |
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Natural Phenomena |
Natural process and phenomena explained by myths |
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Character Flaw |
A issue or problem with a character that shows up in a story |
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Cultural Values |
What the society values or holds important |
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1st Person |
Told from the point of view of the main charater |
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3rd Person limited |
Narrator who only know the thoughts of only one character |
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3rd Person omniscient |
Narrator who knows the thoughts of all characters |
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Rhyme |
When words share the same sounding ending (used mainly in poems) |
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Rhythm |
The way the poem goes (notated, for example, like ABBA) |
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Line Break |
To split a line in a poem |
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Stanza |
Grouped set of lines within a poem |
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Subject/Verb Agreement |
Using the right verb for the subject based on amount |
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Dependent Clause |
Can't stand alone, needs a independent clause, used in complex sentences |
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Uses of Dashes |
Heighten Drama, List, Extra Information |
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Uses of Hyphens |
Combine Nouns or Adjectives |
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Uses of Colons |
Summary, List, Quote, or a New Idea |
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Uses of Semicolons |
Compound sentences and lists that already has commas |
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Punctuating Dialogue |
Normal ones have just have normal quotes (") Quote inside quotes uses single quotes (') |
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Compound sentence |
2 independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunctions or semicolons |
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FANBOYS |
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So (These are the fanboys don't you know hahahahha jajajajjajaj) |
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Complex Sentences |
A sentence that contains a dependent and independent clause using subordinating conjunctions |
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Introductory Dependent Clause |
A complex sentence that starts with a dependent clause, then a comma, then a independent clause |
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AAAWWUBBIS |
After, Although, As, While, When, Until, Before, Because, If, Since (AAAAAAAWUUUUUUBIS ajajjajajhahahaha) |
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Intro Element |
Descriptor or information at the beginning if the sentence with a comma right afterwards |
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Direct Address |
Commas that separate the name of the person who you're talking to |
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Extra Information Interrupter |
Extra Information that is in the middle of the sentence using commas |
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Appositive |
(Type of Extra Information Interrupter) Information on a object in the middle of the sentence using commas |
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End of sentence commas |
commas separating extra information at the end of a sentence |
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Items in a series |
Commas that separate items in a series |
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WHO WANT KAHOOT WEIDENBRUCH 3RD PERIOD |
SWEDISH FISH + NORWAY!!!!! HEIL FRIGG PRAISE ODIN |
