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Grammar
100
Plot
What is the sequence of events that make up the story?
100
Resolution
What is the end of the story, when all the loose ends are tied up and we know what happens to the characters.
100
First person point of view
What is one of the characters tells the story and uses "I, me, and we. The narrator is a character in the story.
100
Drama
What is a play?
100
Proper noun
What is specific nouns that require capital letters such as people's names and city names?
200
Exposition
What is the introduction of the story that tells who the characters are and what their conflict is?
200
Theme
What is the central message of a story usually like a lesson the author wants you to learn or a point he wants to get across to you?
200
Third person point of view
What is someone outside of the story who tells the story and uses "he, she, they, them, him, and her."
200
Historical fiction
What is a novel, story, or play set during a real, historical era? Historical events give us an idea of what life was like during a particular period, but parts of the story are fictional.
200
Adjective
What is modifies (describes) nouns? Example: The apple is red.
300
Rising action
What is this is when the conflict unfolds (the character tries to deal with the conflict)?
300
Protagonist
Who is the main character in a story?
300
Alliteration
What is repetition of consonant sounds at the beginnings of a group of words?
300
Transitive verb
What is verb that has a direct object? Example: He ate pizza.
300
Adverb
What is a word used to modify a verb, adjective, or another adverb? Example: He ran quickly.
400
Climax
What is when the outcome of the conflict is decided?
400
Antagonist
Who is the opposing force of the protagonist?
400
Hyperbole
What is exaggerated statements not meant to be taken literally?
400
Intransitive verb
What is verb without a direct object? Example: He ate at the table.
400
Preposition
What is a word used to show the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to another word in the sentence? Example: to, above, from
500
Falling action
What is the events after the climax and before the end?
500
Conflict
What is the problem the character faces? It can be internal, inside the mind of the character (fear,worry, anxiety) or it can be external, between two characters, or a character force beyond his control.
500
Personification
What is giving human characteristics to something nonhuman? Example: The trees danced in the wind.
500
Common noun
What is nouns that do not need capital letters. Example: pencil, store, boy, girl, or town
500
Comma
What is the sentence missing: After the party was over he called his mom for a ride home.