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English Final
| term | definition |
|---|---|
| Noun | Person, Place or Thing |
| Common Nouns | Not specific nouns |
| Proper Nouns | Specific nouns. Always Capitalized |
| Verb | Shows action |
| Linking Verb | links the subject of the sentence to the predicate of the sentence |
| Helping Verbs | Helps other verbs make sense. |
| Pronoun | takes the place of a noun or a noun phrase |
| Adjective | A word that describes a noun |
| Adverb | describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. |
| Interjection | Expreses emotion |
| Conjunction | word that joins words or groups of words |
| Prepositions | show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence |
| Commas | help combine 2 separate sentences with conjunction |
| Semicolon | replaces a comma and a conjunction to combine separate sentences |
| Sentence Fragments | when the subject or predicate is missing from the sentence. |
| Transition Words | Words or phrases that connect or tie ideas together |
| Narrator | The person who is telling the story |
| Character | person or animal that is part of the story |
| Mood | Feelings the author wants to create in the reader |
| Protagonist | Main character/ hero |
| Antagonist | Character who fights against the main character/ villian |
| Point of view | who is telling the story |
| First Person Point of View | the narrator is a character in the story |
| Third Person Point of View | narrator is not a character in the story |
| Speaker | narrator of a poem |
| Tone | Attitude or view point that an author than an author shows toward her/his subject |
| Simile | Comparison using like or as |
| Metaphor | Comparison not using like or as |
| Irony | when the opposite of what you expect to happen happens |
| Hyperbole | Extreme Exaggeration |
| Alliteration | repetition of of beginning constant sound |
| Personification | giving non-humans human like characteristics |
| Oxymoron | a description that demonstrates what appears to be contradictory |
| Onomatopoeia | words that sound like the noises they make |
| Imagery | use of descriptive words to create a mental picture |
| Figurative Language | language that goes beyond literal meaning |
| Foreshadowing | a hint of event to come in the future of the story |
| Flashback | interruption in a story for events that happened earlier |
| Symbolism | something that stands for something else |
| Fiction | literature that tells stories about characters, settings, and event made up- fake |
| Non-Fiction | writing that tells about people and events that are real |
| Genre | the type of literature |
| Conflict | an issue, struggle,or a challenge that a character faces over the course of a story |
| Man v Man | Character has an issue with another character |
| Man v Self | Character has a problem with him/herself, inner struggle |
| Man v Society | a character has a problem with rule or belief that is widely excepted by the majority of the the population |
| Man v Nature | Character has a problem with a element of nature |
| Man v Fate/Destiny | Character struggles with something he/she can't control |
| Exposition | background information the author gives about the story |
| Rising Action | Things begin happening, Story gets exciting |
| Climax | most exciting part of the story |
| Falling Action | Story begins to wrap up |
| Resolution | the problem is solved as well as all minor conflicts |
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