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| Subject- is the noun or pronoun doing the action or being |
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* Peyton throughly enjoys Harry Potter movies
* She wrote all the spells on note cards for him to see. |
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| Predicate Nominative-(p.104) is the noun or pronoun that follows a being or linking verb to rename the subject |
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* When the body is discovered, Micheal will be the suspect.
*At the end of the match, Spain was the winner. |
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| Direct Object- (p.105) follows an action verb and answers the question "who" or "what" |
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She slapped him.
He slapped her. |
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| Indirect Object- (p.106) comes in a sentence with a direct object and answers "to whom" or "for whom" after the verb |
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Maxwell wished his friend good luck.
My little brother played me a song. |
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Joey went to the game.
Riley and Caley worked at the show yesterday. |
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| Demostrative Pronoun- points out specific person, thing |
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this, that, these, those
That is my favorite color.
The cake Julie made was bette than those.
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| Personal Pronoun- refers to a person |
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1st- I we(nom) me us(obj) mine ours(own.)
2nd- you
3rd- he she it they who(nom) him her it them whom(obj) his her its their whose(own.)
* I hope she gets better. |
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| Relative-introduces adj or noun clauses |
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who whom which that
*The cruiseliner that was spotted sank two years. |
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| Indefinite- does not refer to a defintie person, thing |
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all, any, many, somebody, anybody(etc.)
*Mike has everything.
*Anyone home? |
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| Reflexive Pronoun- reflicts maning to the suject (self) |
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| Joey treated himself to the pantry. |
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a. subject is doing the acting
b. there is a direct object
***THERE IS A DO*** |
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a. suject is acted UPON
b. there is aforn of the verb "to be" plus the past particple of the verb. Therefore, there is a minimumof 2 words in the verb
c. You may insert "by" prepostional phrase
*the ball was hit.(by john)
***2WORDS*** |
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| Intransitive Linking Verb |
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a. subject is doing to acting or the being
b. there is abeing or linking verb(p.62)
c. there is a predicate nominiative or predicate adjective
ex. the test appears easy.
***PA/PN*** |
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| Intransitive Complete Verb |
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a. subject doing the acting
b. No complements
c. an IC verb is usually followed by adverb or propositional phrase
*PEP, ADV* |
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| Coordinating Conjunction- join items of the same kind |
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and, but, or, nor, for, yet, so |
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| Correlative Conjunctions- are a pair of conjunctions that join like things |
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ex.
both...and, not only...but also, either...or, neither....nor, whether....or |
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| Subordinating Conjunctions-introduce adverb clauses |
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after, although, because, unless, when, before, while |
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| adjective- descriptive words |
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| *the big hairy striped brown bear likes pie. |
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WOW! She can't dance.
DANG! Those are cool beans |
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form of a verb but is not used as a verb
*gerrund (verb as noun)
Ashley was great at swimming!
*participle (verb as adjective)
Bringing the ball back, Kara sprang her ankle.
*infinitive (verb that can be all of the above; "to" usually precedes it
Lewis wanted to come. |
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present, past, future
present perfect(i have run)
past perfect(I had ran)
future perfect(I will have run) |
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| a point of view in which an "I" or a "we" serves as the narrator of a peice of fiction |
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| the story is told by a narrator not involved in the story itself. |
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| a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows only the thoughts and feelings of one of the characters in the story |
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| a method of storytelling in which the narrator knows the feelings of all the characters in the story |
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| setting, plot, characterization, point of view, theme, mood, style |
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| a figure of a speech in which what is said is the opposite of what it meant |
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| an outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected, the difference between what is expected |
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| irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understodd by the audience but not grasped by the characters |
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| moral or meaning to the story |
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| predicting what will happen in the story based on previous events |
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| takes place within the protagonist mind |
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| order of the components of a plot arc |
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1)expostiton
2)rising action
3)climax
4)falling action
5) resolution |
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| a sentence that expresses the essentail idea of a paragraph or larger section, usually appearing at the beginning |
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| sentence that provide details to support topic |
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| a clincher sentence is one that restates the topic sentence in new words |
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| easiness of understanding |
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| order of paragraph development |
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chronological-time
spatial- directions
order of importance-most needed
general→specific
specifiv→general |
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| materials of paragraph development |
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reasons
illustrations
details |
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description
narration
classifification
evaluation |
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relating an incident
giving reasons
comparing and contast
telling a story |
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