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English 11/2
Term | Definition |
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declarative sentence | statement |
interrogative sentence | question |
imperative sentance | demand |
exclamatory sentence | has passion |
dependant clause | not a complete sentence |
independent clause | complete sentence |
simple sentence | 1 independent clause |
compound sentance | 2 independent clauses |
compound-complex sentence | 2 or more independent clauses with 1 or more dependant clauses |
complex sentence | 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause |
appearance | physical description of a character |
behaviors | actions |
speech | what is said, and how its said |
reactions | how character(s) react to the character |
inner thoughts | what he/she thinks |
setting | time and place of the action of the story |
backdrop | setting doesn't matter to the story |
integral | setting is important to the story |
time | day, year, season |
place | where specifically does the story take place |
mood | atmosphere; how it fells for the characters |
Character | person or animal that takes part in the story line |
flat | few details; more of a stereotype |
round | well developed, many sides;true to life; personality |
static | character stays the same; no growth |
dynamic | character grows & changes, learns from experiences/conflict |
protagonist | person who solves the problem (most of the time a main character) |
antagonist | creates the problem; works against the main character/protagonist |
Point of View (POV) | how the story is told |
1st person | a character within the plot is telling the story |
3rd person limited | narrator tells story and shares the thoughts/ emotions of only one character. |
3rd person omniscient | narrator tells story and all emotions/thoughts of main characters |
Plot | the story itself; the chain of events |
linear | chapter books, continuous plot |
episodic | each chapter is a different story |
open-ended | you decide ending, cliffhanger |
conflict | a struggle between opposing forces |
internal/ man vs. self | inside characters mind |
external | outside characters- man vs man, man vs society, man vs nature, man vs supernatural |
Plot line | a line with 6 points that show different parts of the story |
inciting moment | the moment when the action starts |
exposition | the beginning(setting, characters) |
rising action | actions leading to the climax |
climax | the most emotional or dramatic moment in the story |
falling action(s) | conflict is working out |
resolution | conflict is concluded - loose ends are tied up |
foreshadowing | clues about what will happen later on in the story |
flashback | looking back on past events |
hyperbole | exaggeration |
suspense | creates anxiety and uncertainty about the plot |
irony | twist of fate in the end; unexpected outcome |
imagery | use of any or all senses |
metaphor | comparing two objects without as or like |
simile | comparing two objects with like or as |
personification | giving human characteristics to non-human characters |
symbolism | use of object to represent something bigger |
alliteration | repetition of the same or similar consonant sounds in a line |
oxymoron | a contradiction in terms(jumbo shrimp) |
theme | author's message about life and people |
man vs man | when the main conflict is characters vs each other |
man vs self | when the main conflict is a character vs them self |
man vs society | when the main conflict is a character vs a society |
man vs nature | when the main conflict is a character vs nature |