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48 Cards in this Set
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Adjective
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a word that describes a noun
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Adverb
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a word that modifies an adjective, verb, or another adverb
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Preposition
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a word preceding a noun or pronoun
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Prepositional Phrase
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a modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object
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Object of the Preposition
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the noun or pronoun that follows the preposition
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Noun
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person, place, thing, or idea
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Common Noun
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things (e.g. cup, leggings, store, mall)
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Proper Noun
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Places, Brands, Names, etc (e.g. Eleanor, Starbucks, Uggs)
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Pronoun
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a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase
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Antecedent
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a word or phrase that is represented by another word
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Personal Pronoun
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my/mine, his, her/hers, whose
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Reflexive Pronoun
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himself, herself, themselves
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Interrogative Pronoun
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who, what, when, where, why
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Demonstrative Pronoun
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this, that, these, those
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Indefinite Pronoun
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some, few, many
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Simple Subject
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the main noun in a subject
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Complete Subject
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the simple subject and all the words that describe it
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Simple Predicate
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the verb in a sentence
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Complete Predicate
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everything in the sentence except for the complete subject
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Compound Predicate
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when there are two+ separate verbs the subject is performing
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Compound Sentence
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when there are two+ sentences
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Compound Subject
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when there are two+ simple subject in a sentence
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Possessive Apostrophes
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no apostrophe in possessives
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Apostrophe Contractions
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apostrophe holds the place of the missing letter (e.g. can't, won't, shouldn't)
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Commas in a series
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Insert commas between words, phrases, and clauses when you have 3+ in a sentence (e.g. I love Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne, and Zayn Malik.)
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Commas in dates
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1. between weekday and month
2. between month or date and year 3. After the date if its in the middle of a sentence (e.g. Harry Styles was born on February 1, 1994) |
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Commas in addresses
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There is only 1 required comma in each address (e.g. 410 8th Street Northwest, Washington DC 20004)
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Commas in appositive phrases
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an appositive phrase is the describing phrase (usually between commas) (e.g. Mary Kim, a huge fan of One Direction, spent hours crying because she is going to their concert in August)
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Protagonist
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character action revolves around
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Antagonist
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character against protagonist
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Characterization
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how an author creates a character's personality
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Internal Conflict
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a conflict that takes place inside a characters mind
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External Conflict
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a conflict that takes place in the character's outside world
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Speaker vs. Author
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speaker: person narrating a book
author: person who wrote the book |
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Plot
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main storyline
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Exposition
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the part of the plot that explains the situation, including place, time, and protagonist
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Inciting Incident
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the complication that sets the story in motion
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Climax
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the peak of the conflict
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Resolution/Denouement
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how the story is solved
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Narrative Point of View
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the perspective from which a story is told
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First Person
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when the story is told through the protagonist POV
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Second Person
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when the author addresses the readers the readers as you
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Third Person
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when the author says he/she/it/they (three types)
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Third Person Limited
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narrator tells the protagonists' thoughts and feelings
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Third Person Omniscient
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narrator tells all the characters thoughts and feelings
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Third Person Objective
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narrator tells no one's thought or feelings
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Theme
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message/ life lesson
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Transitions
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transitioning to another topic (as a result, for example, an other words, etc)
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