Literary Terms
Story Terms
The Parts of Speech
More parts of speech
Types of Parts of speech
100
A reference in one literary work to a character or theme found in another literary work
What is allusion?
100
Central character; characters in a literary work, not always good, but whom work is centered around
What is protagonist?
100
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is noun?
100
Shows excitement or emotion
What is interjection?
100
Helps the main verb create complex verb form and tenses
What is helping verb?
200
an implied discrepancy between what is said and what is meant
What is irony?
200
Character who works against the protagonist
What is antagonist?
200
Takes the place of a noun
What is pronoun?
200
Connects words, phrases, and clauses
What is conjunction?
200
FANBOYS=for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
What is coordinating conjunction?
300
Device used to give to a reader about what is to come
What is foreshadowing?
300
Names someone or something generally
What is common noun?
300
Describes a noun or pronoun
What is adjective?
300
Connects its noun or pronoun another word in the sentence and always exists in a prepositional phrase
What is preposition?
300
Express action
What is action verb?
400
Underlying meaning of a work that is implied or stated
What is theme?
400
A fragment
What is dependent clause?
400
Describes a verb, adjective, or adverb
What is adverb?
400
Connects the subject to a word that renames or describe it
What is a linking verb?
400
They ask a question when you don't know the name of the noun
What is interrogative pronoun?
500
the emotional attitude the author takes towards the subject
What is mood?
500
The noun that the pronoun replaces
What is antecedent?
500
Expresses action, being, or state of being
What is verb?
500
Begins a subordinate clause and links it to an independent clause
What is subordinating conjunction?
500
They are he, his, she, her, I , we , us, you, etc
What is personal pronoun?
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