English mid-tern notecards
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- Climax
- Turning point. Point of highest intrest
- Subordinate conjunctions
- Introduces or starts a subordinate clause
- Protagonist
- The main character in a literary work. A hero. First character introduced to the reader
- Character
- A person or animal in the action of the story
- Static Character
- Doesn't change at all in story
- Resolution
- All loose ends get tied up. Story ends
- Flat Character
- Exibits only one characteristic. Can only be described in one sentence
- Setting
- Where and when a story takes place
- Dynamic character
- Changes in the course of the story. The action and plot will affect them.
- Point of view
- 1st-character tells the story, I,me,my,mine 2nd-The auther speaks to the reader, you 3rd-Auther tells about the Character, he, she, they
- 3 ways to join a CD sentence
- ,coordinating conjunctions ; ;conjunctive adverb
- 7 Object pronouns
- Me, us, him, her, it ,them, you
- Coordinating conjunctions
- Join things of equal importance. Combine compound sentences. ,And ,but ,yet ,so ,or ,nor, for
- Plot graph (PG)
- __/\__
- Antoagonist
- Directly opposed to the protagonist. A rival or enemy of the protagonist
- 8 "be" verbs
- Am, is, are, was, were, be being,been
- Falling action
- Loose ends start to get tied up. Conflicts start to resolve. Action slows down
- Round Character
- Multiple characteristics. Harder to describe.
- Theme
- The central idea of a literary peice. What the auther wants you to learn.
- Expository essay
- Gives facts. Explains something
- Exposition/Conflict
- Introduces conflict to reader
- Conjunctive adverbs
- Join Compound senteces. Ex. ;hence, ;therefore, ;otherwise, neverless, ;moreover, ;furthermore, ;besides, ;also, ;likewise, ;however, ;thus, ;consequetly, ;accordingly,
- 7 Subject pronouns
- I, we, he, she, it, they, you
- Persuasive essay
- Convinces reader that your idea is correct
- Conflict
- The struggle or problem. Man vs Man, Man vs Self, Man vs Nature, Man vs Society, Man vs Fate
- 7 Possesive pronouns
- My, our, his, her, it's, their, your
- Change in speaker
- Go to next line, indent, "around text"
- Narrative essay
- Tells a story
- Narrative Hook
- Auther catches the intrest of the reader
- 2 Clauses in a CX sentence
- Independent and subordinate clause
- 4 Noun jobs
- SN, OP, DO, PNA