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English Final
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English
8th Grade
06/12/2010

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What is flashback?
Definition
an interruption in the plot to show what happened at an earlier time
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What is dramatic license?
Definition
changes made to a literary work in order to suit a new medium
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What is internal conflict?
Definition
when the struggle takes place in the mind of the protagonist
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What is external conflict?
Definition
when the protagonist fights against something or someone else
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What are the four types of external conflict?
Definition

1. physical conflict

2. social conflict

3. classical conflict

4. romantic conflict

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What is foreshadowing?
Definition
the authors use of hints or clues to fortell what will happen later in the story
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What is mood?
Definition
the dominant feeling of the story created by the setting, plot, actions, and descriptive words used by the author
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What is allusion?
Definition
a reference to something that the reader will recognize so that the author can say much in only a few words because we have prior knowledge about the reference
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What is situational irony?
Definition
a situation or event in which things turn out contrary to what is naturally expected to occur
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What is dramatic irony?
Definition
when the reader or audience know something that one or more of the characters dont know
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What is imagery?
Definition
the use of words an phrases appealing to the 5 senses to paint a picture in the mind of the reader
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What the plot of a story?
Definition
the chain of events in the story
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What is the exposistion of a story?
Definition
sets the basic situation and introduces the characters
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What is the denouement?
Definition
shhows how the conflict is resolved
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What is theme?
Definition
the main idea about the story's subject
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consistent
Definition
constantly adhering to the same principles, course, or form
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effective
Definition
producing the intended or expected result
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engaging
Definition
to occupy the attention or efforts of a person or people
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monotonous
Definition
characterizing a sound continuing on one note
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pretentious
Definition
making an exaggerated outward show
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proficiency
Definition
the state of being proficient
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redundant
Definition
unnecessary repition in expressing ideas
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simplistic
Definition
oversimplified
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