English 8 1st trimester final
Terms
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- Plot
- the series of related events that make up a story
- subplot
- the minor plot that relates in some way to the main story
- conflict
- the struggle between opposing characters or opposing forces
- climax
- the point in the story that creates the most interest or greatest suspense
- resolution
- the point at which the story is brought to a close and conflict is resolved
- prallel episodes
- repeated elements of the plot
- foreshadow
- the use of clues or hints to suggest events that will occur later in the plot
- characterization (direct)
- describing a character's personality directly
- characterization (indirect)
- revealing a character's personality by describing their appearance, thoughts or actions
- motivation
- the reasons a character behaves a certain way
- augobiographical
- a persons account of his/her own life or a part of it
- biographical
- an account of a persons life or part of it told by another person
- excerpt
- a section or passage take from a longer work ie: book/ movie/ compistion or document
- infer
- to conclude something from reasoning
- Independant Clause
- A sentence that can act as a sentence ie: I wanted a new ball
- Subordinate clause
- a subordinate clause that has a subordinator. ie: that I wanted a new ball
- Run on sentence
- Multiple ideas connected by commas
- Meaning of ad- (b,c,f,g,l,n,r,s,t)
- to, towards, near
- meaning of jec,jac,and ject
- to throw,hurl, be near,place
- meaning of voc,voke
- call,voice
- meaning of lit,liter
- letter, word, literate
- meaning of pro-
- before,in place or time,forth,acting for, supporting
- meaning of gnos,cogn
- knowledge
- meaning of medi
- middle,between
- meaning of cede,ceed, and cess
- go away from,withdraw,move
- meaning of pon,pos,posit and pound
- put,place