English Exam mid-term review
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- Character
- Protagonist, Antagonist they are the people in the story
- Possessive pronouns: ___ book
- My, Our, His, Her, Its, Their, Your
- Subjective pronouns: ___ Swim(s)
- I, We, He, She, It, They, You
- Exposition
- Introduces Characters, Setting, and Conflict
- Synonyms
- Words that have about the same meaning
- Concrete Detail
- Evidence (Literal) Who what where when CD
- Complex Sentence
- Has an Independent Clause and a Subordinating Clause; If the Subordinate conjunction comes first you have to have a ,
- Conflict
- Man Vs. Man, Self, Nature, Fate, Society
- Conjunctive Adverbs
- Equally Important, on the other hand, furthermore, in addiction, even so, all in all, for instance, still, meanwhile, likewise, besides, truly, as a result, consequently, for example, therefore, of course, otherwise, moreover, in fact, as soon as, similarly, however, last CA, (Used for compound sentences, also the transition words) I went to the store; HOWEVER, Patty went to the market
- Metaphor
- a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity
- Independent Clause
- Doesn't have the special conjunction it can stand alone
- Objective pronouns: The book belongs to ___
- Me, Us, Him, Her, It, Them, You
- Static
- Doesn't Change
- Antonyms
- Words that have opposite meanings
- Commentary
- How and Why supports the CD
- Adverb
- When? Where? How? Describes a verb, adjective, or adverb Not is always one of these (ADV) The police ran QUICKLY.
- Action Verb
- Verbs that show action (V) SWIM, SWIMS, SWAM, is SWIMMING
- Subordinate Clause
- Uses a special conjunction; dependent (Cannot stand alone)
- Theme
- Life lesson learned
- Linking Verb
- Verbs that do not show action because it tells what the subject is (V) He IS a clown. he LOOKS funny
- Simile
- a figure of speech that expresses a resemblance between things of different kinds (usually formed with 'like' or 'as')
- Compound Sentence
- Two complete thoughts (joined by a: ,FANBOYS or ;Conjunctive Adverb, or just a ;)
- Protagonist
- Main Character; Introduced First
- Climax
- Turning point in the action
- Antagonist
- Causes Conflict; Antagonizes the Protagonist
- Irony
- the use of words to convey a meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
- Simple Sentence
- Not a CD or CX but can be SCS or SCV only one complete thought
- Rising Action
- Part of the Plot where the action starts
- Helping verbs
- Verbs that come before the action verb (HV) The dog IS swimming.
- Flat
- One Characteristic
- Narrative Hook
- Author catches the interest of the reader
- Fragment
- An incomplete thought
- Noun
- Person, Place, Thing: SN, OP, PNA, DO, IO, PrN
- Falling Actions
- Outcome starts unraveling
- Coordinating Conjunctions
- FANBOYS: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So (Used for compound sentences) Mrs. Lianna went to the market, AND Lucille met her there.
- Round
- More than one characteristic
- Adjective
- What kind? Which one? How many? Describes a Noun or pronoun (ADJ) The CUTE FUZZY dog is jumping over a chair
- Conjunctions
- Combine Noun or Verbs AND, BUT, OR (C) Lucy AND her mom wash And scrub the kitchen And bathroom
- Prepositions
- About, Above, Across, After, Along, Among, Around, At, Before, Beside, Between, Against, Within, Without, Beneath, Through, During, Under, In, Into, Over, Of, Off, To, Toward, Up, On, Near, For, From, Except, By, With, Behind, Below, Down. ALWAYS HAVE AN OP (P) The woman picked flowers BY her garden
- Plot
- Exposition, Narrative Hook, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
- Subordinating Conjunctions
- Makes an independent clause Dependent; if it comes at the beginning, it needs a comma (Subject, Verb, Fragment) WHILE Jeffery went to the water park, I stayed home
- Point of View
- First (uses I) Second (uses you) and Third (what our papers have been written in it can be limited or omniscient)
- Dynamic
- Changes
- Resolution
- Solution to the conflict
- Setting
- Stated, Implied, Archetypal; When and Where are answered