Character
A character's reason for doing something
What is motivation?
The speaker's attitude about the subject
What is tone?
A change in the nucleotide sequence of a DNA molecule.
What is mutation?
Undifferentiated cells that can become any type of cell.
what are stem cells?
The kind of character who grows and develops over time
What is a dynamic character?
The feeling created in the reader
What is mood?
In order for mutations to be passed onto offspring, they must take place in these cells.
What are gametes?
A cell containing only one set of chromosomes.
What is a haploid cell? OR What is a gamete?
True or False: All cells in your body have the same DNA.
True
A character who has only one characteristic, like the mother in Long Way Down
What is a static character?
These two words mean the actual meaning of the word and the meaning that it suggests
What are connotation and denotation?
A mutation in which 1 single nucleotide is exchanged for another.
There are two types of stem cells. This type comes from day 7 of development and can become any cell type in a body.
The main character in a story
What is the protagonist?
What is figurative language?
A mutation produced by improper separation of chromosomes during meiosis.
What is nondisjunction?
The process by which unspecialized cells become different in structure and function.
What is differentiation?
Sometimes a character has a _____, or problem, with another character or himself or nature, etc.
What is a conflict?
When Taylor Swift says, "You were Romeo," it's an example of referring back to literature
What is an allusion?
Another name for the disorder known as monosomy X.
What is turner's syndrome?
This is what makes a blood cell different from a nerve cell.
What is gene expression (which genes are on or off)?