English Vocab Quiz Study Set: 3

a hint or clue about what will happen later in the plot

(a)  

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CCSS.RL.9-10.5

a narrative that recounts and thus "frames" the telling of another narrative or story

(a)  

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

A diagram of plot structure first created by a German novelist

(a)  

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.7.6

A type or category of works sharing particular formal or textual features and conventions

(a)  

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

A character in a literary work, especially the leading male or female character, who is especially virtuous, usually larger than life, sometimes almost godlike.

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

a subgenre of fiction, of whatever length, in which the temporal setting, or plot time, is significantly earlier than the time in which the work was written (typically, a period before the birth of the author).

(a)  

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.W.11-12.2D

excessive pride or self-confidence; this often precedes a character's downfall

(a)  

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CCSS.L.11-12.4C

CCSS.L.6.4C

CCSS.L.7.4C

CCSS.L.8.4C

CCSS.L.9-10.4C

details that appeal to the senses

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CCSS.L.4.5

CCSS.L.5.5

CCSS.L.6.5

CCSS.L.7.5

CCSS.L.8.5

A kind of short story in which a character--often a child or young person--first learns a significant, usually life-changing truth about the universe, society, or himself or herself; also called a coming-of-age story

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CCSS.L.8.6

CCSS.L.9-10.6

CCSS.W.8.2D

CCSS.W.9-10.2D

CCSS.L.11-12.6

a situation or statement characterized by a significant difference between what is expected or understood and what actually happens or is meant.

(a)  

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CCSS.L.8.5A