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Noun

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Person, place, thing, idea
Abstract - can’t see or touch
Concrete - touch/use 5 senses
Proper - capitalize
Common - lowecase
Collective - group

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Compound Noun

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2 or more words (great uncle, mailbox)

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Pronoun

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Takes the place of a noun/pronoun
Indefinite - unspecified (someone)
Demonstrative - specified (my)
Interrogative - asks a question
Reflexive - end in -self or -selves (myself)
Intensive - adds emphasis to subject (Jack himself)

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Adjective

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Describes a noun
Proper Adjective - always capitilized (Chinese food)
Articles - a, an
Definite Article - the

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Verb

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Expresses an action/state of being
Action Verb
Linking Verb - Link/join the subject of a sentence to the rest of a sentence (is, being, was, are, were, becomes, seems)

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Adverb

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Describes verb or adjective
Mostly ends in -ly (quickly)

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Preposition

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Connect another word in a sentence to a noun or pronoun
Tell timing, location, direction (before, under, around)
Prepositional phrase - start with preposition, end with object of preposition
Object of preposition is always a noun

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Conjunction

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Joins words or groups of words together
Coordinating Conjunction - FANBOYS
Coorelative Conjunction - pairs
(Both/and, either/or, not only, but also)
Subordinating Conjunction - connects adverb clauses to main clauses (even though, because)

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Subject

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Noun (what the sentence is about)
Simple subject - just one word
Complete subject - entire subject phrase
Ex - The school principal is ready for Christmas break
Ex - Michael Jordan is cool.

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Direct Object

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Noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb
Who? What?

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Indirect Object

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Noun or pronoun that follows the action verb
To whom? For whom? To what? For what?
Subject, verb, indirect object, direct object

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Adjective Phrase

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Prepositional phrases that modify a noun or pronoun
What kind? Which one?
Ex - The bird on the stamp is an eagle

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Adverb Phrase

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Prepositional phrase that modifies a verb/adjective
Ex - I put the stamp on the letter
Where?

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Subordinate Clause

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Group of words with subject/verb, but cannot stand alone
Ex - After he finished school

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Independent Clause

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Group of words with subject/verb, but can stand alone
Ex - Sam went to the park

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Simple Sentence

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Has a subject and verb/basic sentence
Ex - I like cheese

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Compound Sentence

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Have 2 independent clauses joined by a conjunction
Ex - I like cheese, and I like butter

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Complex Sentence

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Contains 1 independent and at least 1 dependent clause
Ex - Because the soup was too cold, I warmed it in the microwave.

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Compound-Complex Sentence

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Contains 2 or more independent clauses and at least 1 independent clause
Ex - The baby slept and dreamed, and the mother watched while the rain fell.

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Theme

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The main message or moral the author wants you to understand

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Protagonist

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Main character in a story

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Antagonist

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Bad character
Purpose to stop protagonist
Don’t have to be human

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Metaphor

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Comparison of opposite things not using like or as
Symbolic
Can be other types of figurative language

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Foreshadow

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A hint to the future

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Similie

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Comparison that uses like or as
Compares opposite things

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Plot

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How the story is told (in order)

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Exposition

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Beginning of a story
Needs setting, characters (maybe conflict)

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Rising Action

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Main events leading to the climax
Must go in order

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Rising Action

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Main events leading to the climax
Must go in order

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Climax

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Most exciting/interesting moment of a story
Main event/turning point

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Filling Action

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Events that lead to the resolution

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Resolution

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The ending of the story
Conflict is resolved

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Types of Conflict

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Person vs. Person

Arguing, physically fighting

Person vs. Self

Struggle internally with self

Decision making

Only internal conflict

Person vs. Society

Battling community

Politicians, Lawers

Person vs. Technology

Any modern technology

Person vs. Supernatural

Ghosts, aliens, gods

Person vs. Nature

Weather, Animals, Climate

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