MIDTERM ABC

A = ANTECEDENT

• : A GROUP OF WORDS OR WORD THAT THE PRONOUN REPLACES.
• EX.) Brenda and Zach both have dogs. She walks her dog on sunday, and he walks his dog on Saturday.

B=BELL

C = COLLECTIVE NOUN
: a word for a group of specific items, animals or people.
Ex.) a flock of sheep

D= DEFINITE ARTICLE

• The
• The cat climb up the tree.

E= ESSAY

F= FORESHADOW

• To show or indicate before hand
• Ex.) In e gift if the magi firshadowing is when it was christmas and she wanted to buy a gift

G= GIFT OF MAGI

• In the gift of the magi it is a stiry about irony between 2 people who want to buy presents for eschothet
• Charcter : Della, Jim

H= HELPING VERB

• Helps a verb in the sentence by extending the meaning
• Ex.) he has been eating all day

I= INTENSIVE PRONOUN

• Intensive pronouns use reflexive pronouns to add emphasis to the subject of the sentence. The intensive/reflexive pronouns are myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves and themselves. You’ll usually find the intensive pronoun right after the noun or pronoun it’s modifying, but not necessarily.
• Ex.) did you yourself bake these cookies

J= JIM

• JIM IS DELLAS HUSBAND IN THE GIFT OF THE MAGI
• He is kind, snd caring
• Loves dellas hair

L = LINKING VERB

• connect the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject.
• Ex.) jessica is a doctor

M = MAKE PREDICTION

• To use your information from the story to make precictions of what will happen next
• Ex.) In the gift of the magi you would make a prediction of what will happen to della

N = NARRATIVE

• 2nd person story
• Non-fiction
• Main character drives the plot

P = POSSSESIVE PRONOUN

• Take the place of the noun
• Ex.) That is our house

R = REFLEXIVE PRONOUN

• pronoun that is preceded or followed by the noun, adjective, adverb or pronoun to which it refers (its antecedent) within the same clause.
• Ex.) onsaw myself reflect off of her mirror

S= SONATA FOR HARP AND BYCYCLE

• Characters: miss. Golden, james
• Ghost 2.) daisy, the guard

T= THE SECRET LIFE OF WALTER MITTY

• Characters: walter mitty, mrs. Mitty
• Walter mitty has no control, auit
• Mrs. Mitty is mean and bossy

U= UNDERSTANDING

V=VERB PHRASE

• A verb phrase is the portion of a sentence that contains both the verb and either a direct or indirect object
• Ex.) the worker could have made an error

W=WASHWOMAN

• Narrative story
• Washwomrn dies / son doesnt appreciate her
• Hardworking, loyal, poor, weak, old

Y = YOU

: you need yo make sure that you understand everything and make sure that you stitch got the perfect amount of time