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English 1 Final
StudyGuide
Question | Answer |
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Setting | Time and Place |
Conflict | A problem a character faces in a story |
Character vs. Character | One Character has physical or emotional problem with one or more characters. |
Character vs. Nature | Struggles with the elements of nature |
Character vs. Society | A character has a problem with laws, values, accepted behavior of society. |
Character vs. Self | A character has trouble deciding what action to take or how to feel about something |
Plot | Events in a story |
Sentence | Group of of words that has two main parts; subject and predicate |
Fragment | An incomplete sentence |
Run-on | Two or more sentences capitalized and punctuated as if they were a single sentence |
Comma Splice | Two or more complete thoughts separated by only a comma |
Subject Verb Agreement | Subject and verb agree. Both must be plural or singular. |
Rising Action | Obstacles in the story. When things get interesting. |
Climax | Turning point of a story |
Falling Action | Things start to slow down leading to the end |
Resolution | Conflict resolved |
Point of View | Prospective in which the story is told. |
1st Person | I, me, we, my |
3rd Person | He, She, It, They |
Unreliable Narrator | Narrator who cant be trusted |
Suspense | Sense of growing attention, fear, excitement felt by the reader |
Foreshadowing | Writer provides hints that suggest future events in the story |
Pre-Writing | Brainstorming, Finding Ideas, Research, Outlining |
Writing | Putting ideas into sentences and paragraphs |
Revising | Making BIG changes to improve writing |
Editing | Making small changes to improve writing |
Publishing | Making FINAL copy |
Style | Manner of writing |
Syntax | Refers to the way words are put together to form phrases and sentences |
Purpose | An authors reason for creating particular work |
Audience | The people for whom a piece of literature is written for. |
Narrative Writing | Telling a story of an experience, event or sequence of events while holding the readers interest |
Informative Writing | Presents a reader with information |
Argumentative Writing | Gives an opinion statement in an attempt to convince the reader that this point of view is valid |
Pronoun | A word that replaces a noun in a sentence |
Antecedent | The word that the pronoun refers to or replaces |
Preposition | A word that describes or shows the location or direction of objects in a sentence |
Prepositions of Time | Can be used to show time |
Prepositions of Place | Can be used to show place or position |
Prepositions of Movement | Can be used to show movement |
Conjunction | Word that connects parts of a sentence together |
Fan Boys | For, And, Nor , But, Or, Yet, So |
Noun | Person, Place, Thing, Idea |
Verb | A word that represents and action, occurrence, or state of being |
Action Verbs | A word that expresses an action |
Linking Verbs | Connects a subject to additional info about the subject |
Helping Verbs | Accompanies another verb to help express its tense, mood or voice |
Irregular Verbs | Do not follow usual rules for verb forms |
Adjective | A word that describes or modifies a noun in a sentence |
Article | A, An, The |
Adverb | Modify or describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs |