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A 5-letter word for the main idea of a text
Theme
The reasons an author writes
Author’s purpose
When you describe only the most important parts of a text
Summary
The main character in a story
protagonist
The character that goes against the main character
antagonist
This type of character changes from the beginning t the end of the story
dynamic character
This type of character does not change throughout the story
static character
A character that the reader knows a lot about
round character
a character that the reader knows little or nothing about
flat character
A character whose opposite traits enhance the difference with the protagonist
foil
What does the acronym FANBOYS stand for?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What does the acronym THAMOs stand for?
"therefore," "however," "as a matter of fact," "meanwhile," and "otherwise."
What does the acronym SWABI stand for?
“since, when, after, because, if”
These words describe verbs
adverbs
These are two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings
homophones
What kind of words are “so, yet, or, but, nor, and, for”?
subordinating conjunctions
What kind of words are “therefore, however, also, meanwhile, otherwise”?
conjunctive adverbs
What kind of words are “since, when, after, because, I”?
subordinating conjunctions
each of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings
homonyms
two or more words spelled the same but not necessarily pronounced the same and having different meanings
homographs
These identify or rename a noun right before or after it.
appositives (The car, a red Ford, crashed
These are short adjectives that introduce a noun
article (the, a, an)
When the elements of a sentence follow a consistent pattern.
parallel structure
These words give details about where or when.
Prepositions
This is an -ing word that acts as a noun
gerund