Lit Terms
These are the people or beings who take part in the action of a story.
What are characters?
This is what or who a sentence is about.
What is a subject?
After watching the game, I decided to go out to eat.
What is complex?
Until the final moments of the movie.
What is a phrase?
What is Grandpa's first and last name?
What is Leo Benton.
This is the struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
This is the part of the sentence that contains the verb and everything about the verb.
What is the predicate?
Everyone loves a steaming mug of hot cocoa on a cold fall day.
What is simple sentence?
Which was the biggest mountain around.
What is a clause.
What is Tree's dog's name (the original dog)?
What is Bradley?
This is a struggle within a character, dealing with emotions or decisions.
What is internal conflict?
This type of sentence has ONE independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
You can do a crossword puzzle or you can do wordle today.
What is compound?
Everyone laughed.
What is a clause?
What is the name of Tree's basketball coach?
What is Coach Glummer
This point of view allows the narrator to know everything about all characters.
What is omniscient or third person omniscient?
This type of word usually begins a dependent clause. (The acronym AAWWUBBIS helps us remember them)
What is a subordinating conjunction?
I always buy something whenever I walk into a store.
What is complex?
All around the school yard.
What is a phrase?
Who brought over Fred the parrot?
What is Eli or Eli Slovik?
This is the overall message or lesson the author wants to convey through the story.
What is theme?
This type of sentence has one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a complex sentence?
Playing volleyball and playing golf are two of the most fun activities on Earth.
What is simple?
If the question is difficult.
What is a clause?
What is Sophie's iguana's name?
What is Lassie?