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Vocabulary
Literary Elements
The Story
Personal Pronouns
Types of Pronouns
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Definition: to the highest degree, extremely
What is utmost
100
The part of a story that introduces the characters and setting.
What is exposition
100
At the beginning of the story, this seems to be the most important thing in Tom Benecke's life.
What is work
100
The personal pronouns I, me, my, mine
What is first person pronouns
100
Ends in -self or -selves and adds information to a sentence by pointing back toa noun or pronoun that appears earlier in the sentence
What is reflexive pronouns
200
Definition: new information that is surprising or valuable
What is revelation
200
The struggle between two forces.
What is conflict?
200
This event caused Tom to go out on the ledge
What is the yellow paper flew out the window
200
Elizabeth Macintosh is this in the following sentence: Elizabeth Macintosh asked her parents if she could go.
What is antecedent
200
This type of pronoun is used to begin a question
What is Interrogative pronoun
300
the part of a passage, in which a word is used, that defines that word's meaning
What is context
300
A rising curiosity or anxiety in readers, to build interest in a conflict.
What is suspense?
300
A minor detail mentioned early in the story that becomes very important later
What is the window is hard to open
300
The personal pronouns you, your and yours
What is second person pronouns
300
Examples of this type of pronoun include anybody, anyone, everybody and everyone
What is Indefinite
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Definition: sped up
What is accelerated
400
An event, an action, or a situation that produces a result.
What is cause
400
Tom's struggle to overcome his fear
What is internal conflict
400
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What is the number of personal pronouns
400
The type of pronoun that begins a subordinate clause and connects it to another idea in the sentence.
What is relative pronoun
500
Definition: amazingly; surprisingly
What is astonishingly
500
When a character struggles with his or her own desires, beliefs, and needs.
What is internal conflict
500
The kind of character Tom Benecke turns out to be
What is dynamic
500
The personal pronouns them, their and theirs
What is third person pronouns
500
The noun a pronoun substitutes for is called this
What is the antecedent