Unit 4 Flashcard 1 Review

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What is the theme of a story?

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The moral or central message of the story.

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What is an independent clause?

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A sentence that expresses a complete thought and can stand alone.

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What is personification?

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A literary device where human qualities are attributed to non-human things.

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What is alliteration?

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The repetition of the same initial consonant sounds in a sequence of words.

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What creates the mood in a piece of writing?

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The author's word choice and tone.

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What is a dependent clause?

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A group of words that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.

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What is a subordinate clause?

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A clause that adds information to the main clause but cannot stand alone.

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What is a phrase?

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A group of words that does not contain a subject-verb pair and does not express a complete thought.

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What is a simile?

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A figure of speech comparing two different things using 'like' or 'as'.

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What is onomatopoeia?

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A word that imitates the natural sound of a thing.