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gonzalezj EnglishRvw
Semester Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Define: Dynamic Character | one who changes as the story progresses |
| Define: Aperture | an opening |
| Define: Fecund | producing much growth |
| Define: Diffuse | unfocused |
| Define: Inferences | something gathered but not outright said |
| Define: Realism | vivid descriptions of what the character sees or does |
| Define: Voice | the personality of the author |
| Define: Skirted | to go around the outside of |
| define: style | the way a peice of work is written |
| define: flashback | an account of something before the story started |
| define: preclude | to make impossible |
| define: subside | to decrease in amount |
| define: immolation | death or destruction |
| define: termination | to end |
| define: repose | to lie dead or at rest |
| define: abscond | to go away suddenly or secretly |
| define: impunity | freedom from penalty or harm |
| define: irony | refers to the contrast between appearence and reality |
| define: dramatic irony | occurs when readers know more about a situation in the story than the character does |
| define: verbal irony | when a character states one thing but means another |
| define: setting | the time and place of the storys action |
| define: mood | the atmosphere the author creates |
| define: imagery | descriptive words that create sensory experiences |
| define: niter | white chawky dust from walls |
| define: prospects | chances or oppurtunities |
| define: incessantly | continually or constantly |
| define: pauper | a poor person |
| define: aghast | with shock or horror |
| define: gamut | an entire range or series |
| define: askew | crooked or slanted |
| define: paste | immitation or fake gems |
| define: Seine | river in paris |
| define: franc | monetary unit in France in the 1800's |
| define:character | people in a story or personality trait |
| define: static character | person who doesnt change during the story |
| define: dynamic character | person whos views change at the end of a story |
| define: pen name | Jack London |
| define: paddy | flooded field where rice is grown |
| define: stealth | secret action or movement |
| define: pretended | acted like someone else |
| define: courage | strength and determination |
| define: inertia | tendency to continue what one is doing |
| define: mortar | muzzle-loading firing weapon used for short ranges |
| define: giggles | uncontrollable laughter |
| define action | expresses a physical or mental action |
| define transitive | a person or thing that recieves the actin of the verb |
| define intransitive | an action verb without a direct object |
| define linking | links the subject of a sentence to a word in the predicate |
| define auxiliary | conbined with verbs to create verb phrases |
| define verb phrases | ex. "would have been climbing." common aux verbs"be had do might would will must could" |
| define reflexive | reflects on the subject of the sentence |
| define intensive | repeats to magnify or intensify the meaning |
| define demonstrative | points out a noun |
| define indefinite | not defined |
| define interrogative | introduces a quesstion |
| define relative | introduces a subordinate clause |
| define personal | i, me, mine, my, we, us, our, ours, you, your, yours he, him, she, her, it, they, them, their, theirs |
| define singular | one person place thing or idea |
| define plural | more than one person place thing or idea |
| define antecedent | the pronoun that a word stands for |
| define common | general name for a person place thing or idea |
| define proper | name of particular person place thing or idea |
| define concrete | name of something perceived by the senses |
| define abstrect | name of an idea quality or state of mind |
| define collective | name of a group of people or things |
| define compound | single noun formed from 2 or more words |
| define possessive | noun that shows ownership or relationship |
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gonzalezj
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