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Parts of Speech
Parts of Plot
Vocabulary
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Miscellaneous
100
A person place or thing.
Noun
100
Events that occur that intensify the conflict
Rising Action
100
Causing great discomfort; distressing
Oppressive
100
Who visited the Whites?
Sergeant Major Morris
100
Words or phrases that express sudden exclamation or interruption
Interjection
200
Express action or state of being; can be in tense of past, present, and future.
Verb
200
The final outcome of the conflict
Resolution
200
What is the synonym of the capitalized word? "He gazed at her SECRETIVELY, and listened in a preoccupied fashion as the old lady apologized for the appearance of the room, and her husband's coat, a garment which he usually reserved for the garden."
Furtively
200
Herbert died at home. True or False?
False. He died at work
200
What is it called when an author gives hints about events to come in a story?
Foreshadowing
300
connect words, phrases, and clauses
Conjunction
300
The point where the tension reaches its highest point because the outcome of the conflict is about to be revealed.
Climax
300
Very serious and worrying
Grave
300
What was the second wish for?
For Herbert to be alive again.
300
Mr. White wanted to make the second wish. True or False?
False. Mrs. White wanted him to make the wish.
400
Words that connect nouns or pronouns to another part of the sentence
Preposition
400
The tension lessens
Falling Action
400
Tendency to believe too readily
Credulity
400
What is so special about the monkey's paw?
It grants three wishes
400
A word that takes place of the noun
Pronoun
500
Describes nouns; can characterize size, number, color or condition
Adjective
500
The writer gives background information about the characters and the situation
Exposition
500
Spoken ill of
Maligned
500
Sergeant Major Morris gave the Whites the paw willingly. True or false?
False. He wanted them to destroy it.
500
What part of speech is the capitalized word? "The stereo was blaring LOUDLY."
Adverb