Terms 1
Character Trait
How a character thinks or acts
Theme
A recurring or emerging idea in a work of literature.
Point of View
The perspective or angle in which a story is told.
Sentences:
Declarative
Imperative
Exclamatory
Interrogative
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Personal Pronoun
My favorite sport is soccer.
Round Character VS Flat Character
Flat Character: A character with little individuality whose mindset the reader knows little about.
Round Character: Complex and often undergoes changes in his actions and thoughts
Explicit VS Implicit Theme
Explicit Theme: A theme stated outright within a work of literature.
Implicit: A theme that is not stated outright buy must be discerned from the details of a work of literature.
First Person VS Third Person Point of View
First Person: The point of view in which the author, as one of the characters, refers to himself as I throughout the piece.
Third Person: The point of view in which the author refers to characters as he, she, it.
Nouns: Plural VS Possessive VS Proper
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Preposition and Prepositional Phrases
Ben and Lige went to the woods.
to the woods.
Sympathetic VS Unsympathetic Character
Sympathetic: The reader identifies and has favorable feelings towards this character.
Unsympathetic: Reader cannot identify with character and has strong feelings of dislike.
Universal Theme
An idea about life throughout world literature because it can be understood by people of all times and places.
Omniscient Viewpoint VS Limited Omniscient Viewpoint
Omniscient: Viewpoint taken by an author who tells his story in third person and who, as the storyteller, "knows all".
Limited Omniscient: Viewpoint of a narrative in which the author tells the story in third person and "gets inside" only one of the characters-usually the central character.
Count Noun VS Noncount Noun
Compound Noun VS Collective Noun
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Coordinating Conjunctions
FANBOYS
Tragedy VS Tragic Flaw VS Tragic Hero
Tragedy: Protagonist's flaws cause him tremendous suffering that eventually results in a catastrophe.
Tragic Flaw: The protagonist's most significant flaw that triggers the tragic hero's downfall.
Tragic Hero: The protagonist in a tragedy.
Name 3 types of conflicts.
Man VS Man
Man VS Self
Man VS Greater Force
Genre VS Frame Story
Genre: a type of category of literature.
Frame Story: A story that contains another story or an introductory story from which another story springs
Regular VS Irregular Verbs
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Subordinating Conjunction Example
Because
Before
Although
After
etc
Static Character VS Foil Character
Static: A character that remains essentially the same throughout the story.
Foil: Character used to emphasize another character's opposing traits within a work.
Example of Personification and example of Interjection
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Historical Fiction VS Detective Fiction VS Autobiographical Essay
Historical Fiction: Fictional story that employs authentic historical characters or settings.
Detective Fiction: Fiction in which a recurring character (a detective) investigates and solves crimes.
Autobiographical Essay: A short selection written by an author about his experience(s) and focused on a particular event or happening.
Tenses.
1. Tomorrow we will be going to the zoo.
2. My mom will have been riding for 2 hours.
3. I am excited.
1. Future Progressive
2. Future Perfect Progressive
3. Present
Plot, Plot Twists, Subplot, Flashback, Climax
Terms
Plot: A series of events arranged to produce a definite sense of movement toward a specific goal.
Plot Twists: A plot development that violates the readers expectations.
Subplot: A secondary Plot within a piece of literature that accompanies the main plot but is of lesser importance.
Flashback: A reference of events that occurred before the action of the main story.
Climax: The point at which the plot reaches the moment of highest emotional intensity.