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English 1 Final
StudyGuide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |