English Vocab Quiz Study Set: 2

a standard or traditional way of presenting or expressing something, or a traditional or characteristic feature of a particular literary genre or subgenre

Example--Vampire drinking blood is a ______of vampire stories

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CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

in plot, the moment when the conflict comes to a head, often requiring the characters to make a decision

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CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.8.6

literally translated as "untying"; related to plot, this term is used in three ways:

(1): as a synonym for falling actions

(2): as a synonym for conclusion or resolution, and

(3): as the label for a phrase following the conclusion in which loose ends are wrapped up.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

any improbable, unprepared-for plot contrivance introduced late in a literary work to resolve the conflict; literally translated as "god out of the machine"

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CCSS.L.6.1E

CCSS.L.5.4B

words spoken by characters in a literary work

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CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

word choice

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CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.8.2D

when there is a gap between what a character knows and what the reader/audience knows

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CCSS.L.8.5A

characters who change over the course of a work

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CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

a short section or chapter that comes after the conclusion, tying up loose ends and often describing what happens to the characters after the resolution of the conflict

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CCSS.L.9-10.4C

CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

a sudden revelation of truth, often inspired by a seemingly simply or commonplace event

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CCSS.L.11-12.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.8.6