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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| define: pronoun | a word used in place of onther noun. |
| define: possesive pronoun | a pronoun that shows ownership. |
| define: antecedent | a noun to which the pronoun refers. |
| define: reflexive | reflects action back upon the sentece. |
| define: interrogative | introduces a question. |
| define: identitive | refers to unidentified persons. |
| define: demonstrative | points out specific persons |
| define: relative | introduces a subordinate clause. |
| define: subordinate clause | a group of words that is not a complete thought. |
| define: intensive | emphasizes a noun. |
| define: preclude | to decrease in amount. |
| define: subside | to lie dead. |
| define: immolation | death or destruction. |
| define: aperture | an opening |
| define: termination | to end. |
| define: repose | to go away suddenly. |
| define: abscond | to make impossible. |
| define: impunity | freedom from penalty or harm. |
| define: quarry | the object of a hunt. |
| define: tangible | with form and easy to describe. |
| define: suspense | tension in the story. |
| define: inferior | less important. |
| define: condone | to forgive or overlook. |
| define: plot | important events from the story. |
| define: imperative | necessary. |
| define: uncanny | outstanding. |
| define: conflict | a struggle between two opposing forces or people. |
| define: scruple | moral uneasiness. |
| define: zealous | intensely enthusiastic. |
| define: foreshadow | a hint early in the story of something that will happen later on. |
| define: paddy | flooded field where rice is grown. |
| define: stealth | secret actions or movements. |
| define: pretended | acting like someone else. |
| define: fecund | producing much growth. |
| define: diffuse | unfocused. |
| define: skirted | to go around the outside of. |
| define: courage | strength and determination. |
| define: inertia | tendency to continue what one is doing. |
| define: mortar | muzzle loading firing weapon for short range. |
| define: giggles | uncontrollable laughter. |
| define: style | the way a piece of work is written. |
| define: voice | the personality of the author. |
| define: flashback | an account of something before the story started. |
| define: realism | a vivid discription of what the character see's. |
| define: inferences | something gathered but not outright said. |
| define: prospects | chances. |
| define: incessantly | constantly. |
| define: pauper | poor person. |
| define: aghast | shock. |
| define: gamut | entire range. |
| define: askew | slanted. |
| define: paste | fake jems. |
| define: seine | river in paris. |
| define: franc | monatary unit in france in the 1800. |
| define: character | people in a story. |
| define: static character | stay the same. |
| define: dynamic character | changing. |
| define: pen name | a made up name. |
| define: niter | colorless mineral. |
| define: irony | refers to a contrast between appearence and reality. |
| define: dramatic irony | when reader knows more than the character. |
| define: verbal irony | when a character says one thing but means another. |
| define: setting | time and place for a story's action. |
| define: imagrey | desiptive words. |
| define: mood | the atmosphere the author creates. |
| define: suspense | the excitement the reader feels when they are readeing a story. |
| define: coat of arms | a piture or object with a meaning that represents your family name. |
| define: elements | an order in which the story occurs. |
| define: external conflicts | a conflict that involves the characters with the setting. |
| define: internal conflict | a conflict between two or more chaacters. |
| define: action verbs | it tells what the subject does. |
| define: transitive verbs | has a direct object. |
| define: intransitive verbs | has no direct object. |
| define: linking verb | links the subject with the predicate. |
| define: helping verb | expresses action. |
| define: common noun | general name for a person place or thing. |
| define: proper noun | a specific person place or thing |
| define: concrete noun | name of something recived by the senses. |
| define: abstract | name of an idea quality or state. |
| define: singular | one. |
| define: plural | more than one. |
| define: collective | name of a group of things. |
| define: compound | single noun formed in two words. |
| define: possesive | ownership. |
| call of the wild | John Griffith Chaney (jack London), 1987,yukon Canada,buck, spitz,pete,be prepared. |
| cask of amontillado | edgar allan poe, masion, dark gloomy,fotunado. |
| the neckalace | guy de maupassant, 1800, paris, monsiuer loisel. |
| charming billy | tim obrien, vietnam, 1957-1973, paul berlin. |
| dangerous game | richard connell, 2000, carribean, rainsford. |
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