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- simple sentence
- 3 parts; verb, noun, complete thought
- Narrative hook
- used to grab the readers attention
- antonyms
- words that have opposite meaning; black white
- pronoun
- a word that takes the place of a noun;my
- fragment
- incomplete sentence
- subordinate conjunctions
- a connecting word that introduces a subordinating clause
- rising action
- part in plot where the action begins to get complicated and gains intreast
- round
- Exhibits more than one characteristic
- helping verb
- am is was were be being been has had have do does did might must may can could would should shall will
- point of view
- who is telling the story
- resolution
- the conclusion
- 1st person
- a character telling the story; uses pronoun I, me,my, mine
- subordinate conjunction
- a word that makes a clause subordination and at the same time connects it to an independent clause
- synonyms
- words that have similar almost identical meanings; reply answer
- tone
- writers attitude towards his or her subject
- Noun
- names a person place thing or idea
- Setting
- answer the question when and where; time and place in the literary piece
- object pronoun
- me us him her it them you
- CD
- concrete detail
- Flat
- Exhibits only one main characteristic
- metaphor
- implies the composition between things that are not usually seen as similar
- Cm
- commentary
- man vs.
- man; self; wild; society; fate
- Homonyms
- word that sounds alike but have different meanings and spellings; to two
- theme
- What the author want you take away from the story
- preposition
- connects a noun or pronoun to the rest of the sentence
- falling action
- the explanation/ outcome of/ unraveling of the plot
- Irony
- general name given to a literary technique that involves a surprise or answering the conflict
- Static
- Doesn't change through out the story
- action verb
- shows action; run
- compound sentence
- contains two independent clause and no subordinate clause
- conjunctions
- joins or sentence; and or but
- complex sentence
- a sentence containing two or more independent clauses and at least 1 independent clause
- verb
- 3 kinds
- helping verb
- helps main verb
- Dynamic
- Changes through the coarse of the story
- Subordinating clause (words)
- after, although, as, as soon as, because, even though, if , since, so that, then, that,though, unless, until, when, while, where
- subordinating clause
- a subject verb that doesn't make since
- Concrete Detail
- something from the story; can be quotes
- linking verb
- state of being; am is was were looks becomes grows feels
- simile
- states the composition between things that are not normally seen together using like or as
- adverb questions
- how? when? where?
- Commentary
- explains how or why the evidence leads to or supports the inference
- Conflict
- the struggle or problem in the story
- 3rd person
- author is telling a story about the character; he she it they then; outside view
- climax
- the point of highest interest in a story
- adverb
- modifies a verb adjective or another adverb
- subject pronoun
- i we he she it they you
- protagonist
- Chief character, first introduced, sometimes hero
- Independent clause
- simple sentence
- 2nd person
- author speaks to you directly; pronoun you
- exposition
- involves crisis
- Antagonist
- Directly oppose to protagonist
- adjective
- modifies a noun or pronoun
- connective adverbs
- connects two sentences of equal importance;however,
- coordinating conjunctions
- a word that connects words phrases to the rest of the sentence; and or but for so yet nor
- Plot
- the sequence of extension in a novel
- possessive pronoun
- my our his her its there your
- Character
- a person or animal that take place in the action in a literary piece
- adjective questions
- what kind? which one? how many?