Highly Verb(al)
What is a verb?
A verb is a word that asserts an action, shows a state of being, links two words together, or helps another verb. (V)
What are the subordinating clauses?
The subordinating conjunctions are when, while, where, as, since, if, although, whereas, unless, because (www.asia.wub)
What is Exposition?
What is the Setting?
The setting is the place and time in which the action of the story occurs.
What are the 5 Parts of a Sentence?
The 5 parts of a sentence are Subject, Verb, Capital Letter, End Mark (.?!), Complete Sense.
What are the five principal parts of verbs?
The five principal parts of verbs are: Infinitive, Present, Past, Present Participle, Past Participle
What is a phrase?
A Phrase is a group of words that does not contain both a subject and a verb, and may be used as a single part of speech.
What is conflict?
Conflict is the problem that drives the plot of a story forward toward its conclusion.
What is an Antagonist?
An antagonist is the villain of a story, or the character that impedes the progress of the protagonist towards his goal.
What are the 4 Sentence Structures?
Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex
Tell me about the tense of verbs.
Tense refers to the time in which the verb’s action takes place. There are three simple times: Past, present, future.
What is a clause?
A Clause is a group of words that does contain both a subject and a verb.
What is meant by climax?
The climax is the turning point of a story; the highest point of interest. The peak of tension.
What is a Protagonist?
A protagonist is the hero (or anti-hero) in a story; the character whose quest forms the main idea of the plot.
What is the Subject of a Sentence? And what is the Predicate of a Sentence?
The Subject of a sentence is that part of which we speak. The Predicate of a sentence is that part which expresses what is being said about the subject.
Tell me about the voice of verbs.
The voice of the verb is active when the subject is performing the action. The boy kicked the ball.
The voice of the verb is passive when the subject is receiving the action. The ball was kicked by the boy.
What is an independent clause?
An independent clause expresses a complete thought and can stand alone.
What is rising action?
Rising action is a related series of events in a literary plot that build toward the point of greatest interest.
What is a plot?
A plot is the sequence of events in a story; the simple story line.
What are the 4 Sentence Purposes?
Declarative Sentence (Makes a Statement.) Interrogative Sentence (Asks a Question?), Imperative Sentence (Gives a Command.) Exclamatory Sentence (Expresses strong feeling!)
Tell me about the mood of verbs.
There are three verb moods that describe the manner in which a verb expresses its action or state of being. The three verb moods are indicative, imperative, and subjunctive.
What is a subordinate clause?
A subordinate clause is a group of words with a subject and a verb that does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone (also known as a dependent clause).
What is dénouement?
The dénouement is the disentangling of the intricacies of the plot of a story. Also referred to as Falling Action.
What is a Conclusion?
The conclusion is the way in which the author closes the story, usually hinting at the theme.
What are the 7 Sentence Patterns?
s-Vi
S-Vt-DO
S-Vl-PN
S-Vl-PA
S-Vt-IO-DO
S-Vt-DO-OCN
S-Vt-DO-OCA