Short Stories Vocab
An opponent in a contest or conflict
With one leg on each side of something
What is astride?
This grammatical mistake is a comma separating two independent clauses.
What is a comma splice?
Something that hints something to come later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
What is red, blue, and yellow.
Spoiled, harmed or destroyed
What is blighted?
To shine with steady light or brightness.
What is gleamed?
A word that conjoins two independent clauses is this.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
The time, place, and historical context of a story.
What is setting?
The first NFL football team to win the Super Bowl is still in the running to win a Super Bowl this year.
Who are the Green Bay Packers?
Friendly, or good-natured.
What is affable?
Having a smooth well-groomed look.
What is sleek?
When writing an analytical essay, a writer should use this tense.
What is present tense?
The person or thing opposing the protagonist is this.
What is antagonist?
The birthstone for the month of May has a certain color that may resemble how the seasons are changing.
What is emerald?
Anxious, fearful, or nervous
What is apprehensive?
To be visibly worried or anxious
What is to fret?
"Although he was tired, he went to school anyway" is this kind of sentence type.
What is a complex sentence?
Something that represents something else is this.
What is symbol?
Harry Potter receives a letter from Hogwarts multiple times in the novel, and the first letter is addressed to this location.
What is the cupboard under the stairs?
What is authentic?
The introduction of a new element or quality into something
What is infusion?
The difference between a phrase and a clause is this:
What is a phrase is missing a subject or a verb, and a clause has both?
The main idea or message of a story is this.
What is theme?
This is the fourth planet from the sun.
What is Mars?