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The main character who you are rooting for in the story
protagonist
the time and place a story takes place
setting
A clue or hint that something in the future is going to happen
Foreshadowing
I, we, my, our, ours are what type of pronouns
1st person
The dictionary definition of a word
Denotation
you, your, yours, yourself, yourselves are what type of pronouns
2nd person pronouns
The first part of the story, where we meet the main character (think plot pyramid)
Exposition
What the subject is doing in the sentence
predicate
The villian or character against the main character.
The person you are rooting against
Antagonist
An essay that uses logic to prove a stance
Argumentative Essay
The Person place or thing that the sentence is talking about
Subject
Who the story is being told by is called the what
authors Point of View
He, she, they, it, them, themselves are what types of pronouns
The part of the story where we start to meet other characters, and learn about the general conflict or problem that is going to happen
Rising Action
When the first letter of the words in a sentence are the same
alliteration
Remembering or taking you back to the past
Flashback
a word that describes a verb. Ends in "ly"
Adverb
The lesson learned from a story
Theme
a connection word, used to connect sentences or clauses
Conjunction
Giving non-humans human-like qualities
Personification
allusion
A joke that is a play on words
Pun
An essay that describes something
descriptive essay
The most important part of the story, or the turning point
Climax
An exaggeration ( A ton of homework)
Hyperbole