Grammar
a type of word that expresses action or existence - necessary in all English sentences!!
"She was as strong as an ox."
Simile
A text that is not a factually correct story
Fiction
When two forces oppose each other in a text. Specific types of this are "human vs human, human vs society, human vs self, human vs technology".
Conflict
The color of the 2nd floor bathroom/water/locker pass
Green
Words like:
intelligent, sleepy, beautiful, angry, green, or crunchy
adjective
"The stars danced in the sky."
personification
A text that is supposed to be performed
Play/drama/script
The highest point of tension in a story - EVERYTHING changes after this - typically resolves the main conflict
The Climax
Ms. Erler's room number
202
Words in a sentence that refer to a person, place, thing, or idea.
noun
"Ka-Pow!" "Boom!" "Ahhhh-Chooooo"
onomatopeia
non-fiction
The literary term for the main character of the story
Protagonist
Name at least 2 things that the new expansion added to our campus.
science classrooms, new gym, work out room, outdoor classroom (not open yet!), tennis courts, other athletic facilities (teacher discretion)
A connecting word! Links two clauses
and, or, but etc
conjunction
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"
hyperbole
A text about the whole of someone's life, written by that person.
Autobiography
The literary term for the character who opposes the main character.
Antagonist
MYP is an acronym for this
Middle Years Program
The term for three periods
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Ellipsis
"Six silky snakes slithered slyly."
alliteration
(will also accept consonance)
A type of writing that blends speech, song, and images - hard to define!
Poetry
The literary term for an author's construction and creation of a character - at times, the descriptions and traits are directly stated, other times it is more indirect 'showing'
characterization
ACP stands for this
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