Final Review Flashcards
Apostrophes
used to indicate either possession or the omission of letters or numbers
plurals
more than one,plural form of most nouns is made by adding an es or s to the end of a word
long works
a text that is long like a title of a book,play,television show. A LONG work gets a LONG underline to show it is a published work
short works
a text that is short like the title of the short story,the title of a poem or the title of a newspaper article.A short work gets SHORT quotation marks around the title to show it is a published work
CQPQ
The order of writing things for a quote. Comma, open quotes, punctuation,close quotes.
PVLEGS
poise,voice,life,eye contact,gestures,speed
TAG
title,author,genre
exposition
background info is established(ex.characters,conflict setting)
rising action
the important events that happen before the climax.This is where characters attempt to solve the problem but dont.
climax
the turning point in the story where the main characters face a major decision.Things will never be the same for this character again
falling action
the events that take place after the climax
resolution
the end of the story where conflicts or problems are resolved
thesis
statement that tells the reader what the writing piece is about
What is in an intro paragraph
hook,bridge,thesis
What is in a conclusion
restate thesis,summarize,drop the mic
theme
the subject or message of the story
allieration
repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word
assonance
repetition of a vowel sounds anywhere in neighboring words(ex.Elephants eat egg plants)
allusion
a reference to someone or something famous
personification
giving human characteristics to non living animals
metaphor
a comparison where the writer says something IS something else
similie
a comparison using like or as
hyperbole
extreme exaggeration
consonance
the repetition of a consonant sound anywhere in neighboring words
subject
who or what the sentence is about
simple subject
one subject
compound subject
more than one subject
predicate
the action in the sentence .the part that expresses what the subject is doing
What are the building blocks of a sentance
subject and predicate
conjunction
part of speech that links together words and phrases
independant clause
a group of words that form a sentance.one subject one predicate
dependant clause
group of words that contain a subject/predicate that do no form a complete thought/sentance
fragment
a group of words that form an incomplete thought.dependant clauses
marker words
after although as because before even if even though in order to once since though unless untill when whenever
FANBOYS
for,and,nor,but,yet,so
