Vocabulary
What is a noun?
A person, place, or thing
How many types of essays are there?
3
5
What is a simile?
Comparing two unlike things using the words "like" and "as"
T or F: The antagonist is ALWAYS the "bad guy."
What is an adjective?
A word used to describe a noun or pronoun.
What is the minimum number of sentences you should have in a standard paragraph?
5
What is a protagonist?
The main character of a story.
What is verbal irony? Provide an example.
What is said is different than what is meant.
Who opposes the protagonist in a story?
The antagonist
What is fiction? What is nonfiction?
Fiction = a made up story (fake)
Nonfiction = based on facts (not fake)
What three things make up an argumentative essay's conclusion?
Counterclaim, rebuttal, and restated thesis
What two things makes up a story's setting?
Time and place
What is situational irony? Provide an example.
Something happens that we would not expect to.
What are the THREE most common conjunctions?
And, but, and or
What is a word's denotation?
Its dictionary definition.
Name the different types of essays.
Narrative, informative/expository, and argumentative
Name the three P.O.V.s a story can be told from.
First person, third person limited, and third person omniscient
What is dramatic irony? Provide an example.
The reader knows something the character does not.
What is the most important sentence in any essay?
Your thesis statement
What is a word's connotation?
The thoughts and feelings associated with that word.
Name the three ways you can fix a comma splice.
Change the comma to a period.
Change the comma to a semicolon.
Add a conjunction after the comma.
Name all of the points on a plot diagram IN ORDER.
What is symbolism? Provide an example.
Use of symbols to signify ideas and qualities, by giving them symbolic meanings that are different from their literal sense.
Name the FOUR types of conflict.
Character v. Character
Character v. Society
Character v. Nature
Character v. Self