Elar midterm Flashcards
Exposition
Beginning of story where reader meets the characters, setting, and is introduced to the main conflict
Raising Action
The stage of plot that develops the conflict
Climax
The highest point of tension and interest
Falling action
The stage in plot where the story begins to close
Resolution
The conflicts in the story are resolved
Internal conflict
Man v.s self
External conflict
A conflict between a character and an outside force (man vs man, man vs nature, man vs society, man vs fate, man vs circumstances)
Theme
A message about life or human nature that the writer shares with the reader. Themes are universal, so they don’t mention character names or other story-specific things.
Idiom
An expression that has a meaning different from what the individual terms mean on their own. (Ex: “It’s raining cats and dogs.
metaphor
A comparison of two things that are unlike, but have some qualities in common. These phrases do NOT use “like” or “as.”
Ms. Rhodes’ classroom was Antarctica.)
Simile
A comparison between two unlike things using like or as. (Ex: It was as cold as Antarctica in Ms. Rhodes’ classroom.)
Hyperbole
A figure of speech where the truth is exaggerated for emphasis or humor.
boy was hungrier than a wolf
Imagery
Visually descriptive language
Onomatopoeia
When a word sounds like what it means. (Ex: sizzle, dropped, splash, drip, slippery)
Personification
Giving human qualities to something that’s non-living. (Ex: The branches danced in the wind.)
Oxymoron
A figure of speech with contradicting terms. (Ex: Great Depression, pretty ugly, Walking Dead)
Alliteration
Repetition of beginning sounds in neighboring words. (Ex: She slayed serpents with her silent source of strength.)
1st person POV:
The narrator is the character in the story and use pronouns like “I”, “me”, and “my” in the narration.
3rd person limited POV
The narrator tells what only one character thinks, feels, and observes, using pronouns like “he”, “she”, and “they” in the narration.
3rd person omniscient POV
The narrator is all-knowing and sees into the minds of all the characters. The narrator relays multiple characters’ thoughts and feelings through pronouns like “he”, “she”, and “they” in the narration.
3rd person objective
The narrator has no insight on how the charecter in the book is feeling
Flashback
A scene set in a time earlier than the main story.
Foreshadowing
A warning or indication of a future event.
Suspense
A feeling of excited or anxious uncertainty about what may happen.
Inference
Using evidence from the text to come to a conclusion.
Mood
The feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader. Descriptive words, imagery, and figurative language all influence the mood of a story.
Tone
The tone of a story expresses the writer’s attitude toward his or her subject. Words such as angry, sad, and humorous can be used to describe different tones.
Simple sentence
Contains on independent clause
Subject + verb
Compound sentence
Contains 2 independent clauses
2 simple sentences
Connected using fanboys
Inde + fanboy + Inde
Complex sentence
Contains one independent clause and one defendant clause. Connected using subordinating conjection
Compound complex
2 independent and one dependant
Incomplete sentence
A sentence that lacks a subjects and verb.
dependant sentence
Run on
2 complete though but not properly connected or separated.
Can be fixed by adding fanboys or subordinating conjunctions. Or can be easily broken down into 2 differnt sentences
1) compound sentence
Use a comma to sonnet in dependant clauses. BEFORE fanboys
2) Introductory phrase
Use comma to seperate transitions or introductory phrases
3) adjectives
use comma to seperate 2 or more adjectives
4) lists
Use comma to seperate items in a list
5) Appostiive
Use comma to set apart a noun and phrase
6) quoted language
Use comma to punctuate dialogue
7) complex’s sentence
Use comma at the end of a dependant clause
8) day/year/city/state
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9) direct
Use comma when directly speaking to someone
