(From my English class)
Noun- Person, place or thing(or idea)
Ex- Pablo,lamp,world peace
Verb- Action word
-to do= verb/ex: to love, to hate, to rate
Adjective- Describing words/Describes a noun
Ex- red ball(noun)
Adverb- Describes a verb, adjective, or a noun
-Usually can tell if a word is an adverb if it has a LY at the end
If you can put 'The, a, or an' it's a noun
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Grammar Lesson
Words that show relationship
Of- preposition
Punctuation (',?!
Have- verb
Possession- own
Spacial- existing in a space
Confusing of & Have
Ex: I would have been great
Us: I would of been great
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Your- shows ownership, or passion
You're- you are
There- location/GPS/Place
Ex: 'Over there!'
Their- Ownership/ Possession/ Possession of a group of people
They're- They are
Sentence- A group of words which form a complete thought but it's punctuated like a sentence
Ex for Sen- "I like to eat pineapples"
Ex for Fr- "I like..."
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Tone: Authors attitude towards his or her subject
Mood: The feeling the reader gets/experiences from the authors tone
Characterization: The act of developing a character
(Direct Characterization- the author tells a reader about a character
Indirect characterization- The author tells you about a character using the other characters)
Theme: The central message or centeral idea of the story. A thread that runs through the whole story
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Types of Characters
Static: Does not change over the course of the story
Dynamic: A character who changes throughout the course of the story
Round: A complex character
Flat: A simple character
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Subject
• Simple- person,
Place, thing the
subject is about
• Complete- a
Person, place,
Thing, or idea
That the sentence
Is about/with
Modifiers
(One word
Many words)
Predicate
°Tell us what
The subject
Does/does not
Use any
Modifiers
°Tells us what
the subject
does with
modifiers
(one word
or many
words)
Underline= subject
Bold= predicate
Ex: Mr Blanco ate a delicious steak
Ex: The boy from New York was arrested
Ex: James winks at all the fella
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Compound - Two or more subjects in a sentence using the word 'and/or' or with a comma
Compund Predicate: Two or more predicates using the words 'and, or, but:
Subject- underlined
Compound predicate- bold
Ex: Mr. Blanco and Ms. Candy are teachers
Ex: They washed the car and drove it into the river
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Lit Terms
Personification - Giving human characteristics to an animal, inanimate onjexy, or an onstract idea
Ex: The desk groaned under Mr.Blanco's weight
Flashback- A moment in a story the details a past event
Ex: The Five People You Meet in Heaven
In medias Res- A Latin phrase that means 'In the middle of things' / a story that starts in the middle
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A/N
I didn't use any real names, I made them all up
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