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Vocabulary List 2
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Characters | people or animals is a story |
| Protagonist | the main character in the story; often the hero |
| Antagonist | the character who works against the main character; often the enemy or the villain |
| Character Traits | describes the characters personality that make them who they are; can be directly stated or inferred |
| Dialogue | the conversation between characters |
| Theme | the message or lesson the author wants you to learn from the story |
| Simple Sentence | expresses a complete thought; it must have subject and a predicate |
| Compound Sentence | two simple sentences joined together by a comma and a coordinating conjunction |
| Complex Sentence | contains an independent clause and a dependent clause and the dependent clause begins with a subordinating conjunction. |
| Coordinating Conjunction | -a word that joins two simple sentences together to make a compound sentence (FANBOYS) |
| Subordinating Conjunction | connects an independent clause with a dependent clause |
| Dependent Clause | does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence |
| Independent Clause | expresses a complete thought and can stand alone by itself as a sentence |
| Astro | stars, heavens, space |
| Poli | city government |
| Vid/Vis | to see |
| Revolution | a successful attempt by a large group of people to change the political system of their country by force. |
| Hydroponics | a method of growing plants in water instead of soil |
| Earnestness | serious and sincere |
| Fervently | having or showing very strong feeling |
| Moral | concerned with right conduct or with what matters of right and wrong |