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English I - 5
ACE/1101
33
English
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10/12/2005

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setting
Definition
the time and place of a story
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characters
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the people in a story
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plot
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the story itself
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fiction
Definition
a made-up story
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nonfiction
Definition
a true story
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metaphor
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a comparison where one thing is called another
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simile
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a comparison using "like" or "as"
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personification
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a description of a lifeless object as if it were alive
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hyperbole
Definition
an overstatement or exaggeration of fact
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chronological order
Definition
order in which events occur
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spatial order
Definition
order of things seen from a definite spot
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order of importance
Definition
arrangement of facts or reasons by importance
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personal pronoun
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refers to persons
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compound personal pronoun
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can be reflexive or intensive
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interrogative pronoun
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used to ask a question
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demonstrative pronoun
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points out particular persons, places, or things
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relative pronoun
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introduces an adjective clause
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indefinite pronoun
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refers to a general noun
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The pinnace was what?
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a boat
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Rockburg was what?
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a cave
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Grizzle, the donkey, was killed by what?
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a boa constrictor
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What was the "fleetest courser" in the stables?
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ostrich
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Edward Montrose was what?
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an English girl
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When an English ship arrived what happened?
Definition
some of the family left
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What was the name given to the island?
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New Switzerland
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be able to identify Nominative objective and possesive words
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be able to identify pronouns as personal, compound, interrogative or demonstrative
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study proper use of pronouns:
personal, compound, interrogative, demonstrative, relative and indefinite
Definition
study wisdom questions
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Who wrote 'Swiss Family Robinson'?
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Johann Wyss
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The winter home was?
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Rockburg
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The "Arabs" were what?
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ostriches
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What was used to tame the eagle and ostrich?
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smoke
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List three key steps to successful spiritual growth and walking with God.
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memorization, meditation, personalization
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II Timothy 2:24
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And the servant of the Lord must not strive: but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient. II Timothy 2:24
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