Quarter 2- Final Review

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A theme is...

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a sentence that applies to all people.

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What is the central idea of the passage? The law was not exactly fair in the Middle Ages in Europe. Back then, you could blame someone in your town for committing a crime. The “criminal” could then challenge you to a fight to prove his guilt or innocence. If you lost the fight, you were charged as a liar and the criminal was believed to be innocent. If you won, the criminal was believed to be guilty.

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Laws were unfair in the Middle Ages.

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Luck

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Motif

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Define: Idiom

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An expression with a hidden meaning; don't take this literally.

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Objects, characters, figures, and colors used to represent ideas or concepts

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Symbol.

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What is a motif?

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A recurring element that has symbolic significance in a story.

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What is personification?

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Giving human-like qualities to non-human objects or ideas.

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What is a moral?

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A lesson that can be derived from a story or experience.

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What does it mean to summarize?

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To give a brief statement of the main points of something.

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What is a central idea?

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The most important point or concept that an author wants to convey.