A- ACTION VERBS

• Action verbs are anything you can get up and do.
• example- Victoria runs the race, and wins.

B- BECAUSE WALTER MITTY DIDN'T ENJOY REALITY...

• Walter Mitty always daydreamed
• Always wished to be a hero

C- COLLECTIVE NOUNS

• A group of something
• examples- a team, group, class

D- DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

• To show; to indicate; to point to
• Near in distance or time (this, these)
• Far in distance or time (that, those)
• Example-
• THIS tastes good.

E- ELEMENTS IN THE PLOT LINE

• 1. Exposition
• 2. Rising action
• 3. Climax
• 4. Falling action
• 5. Resolution

F- FORESHADOWING

• The author hints at what is yet to come
• Hints at possible outcome
• Example- A pre-scence will maybe hint at the next

G- GRIMES BUILDING

• The Grimes Building was haunted.
• Nobody was allowed in after 5.
• There was said to be ghosts and spirits.

HELPING VERBS

• Helps the main verb to make a verb phrase.
• Example-
• The plumber SHOULD HAVE been here by now.

I- IRONY

• Contradiction between appearance and reality
• Difference between what is expected and what happens.
• A surprise ending
• Example-
• When it rains on your wedding day.

J- JIM BUYS DELLA A GIFT

• In The Gift of the Magi, Jim buys Della combs
• Della buys Jim a new watch, with money from her hair

K- KINDS OF NOUNS

• Common nouns
• Proper nouns
• Concrete nouns
• Abstract nouns
• Compound nouns

L- LINKING VERBS

• Join or link subject of sentence with words that identify it.
• If the word follows the verb identifying the subject, it's a linking verb.
• Example-
• His face TURNED red.

M- MAKE PREDICTIONS

• Taking clues and guessing what will happen next.
• Example-
• If the runner trains hard for the marathon, he will do well.

N- NARRATIVE

• A narrative is nonfiction, it includes:
• A narrator
• Characters
• The characters are the ones who drive the plot.

O- OTHER VERBS

• Linking verbs
• Action verbs
• Helping verbs

P- PRONOUNS

• Take place of a noun
• Reduces repetition
• Example- personal and possessive pronouns
• Personal: Sam is my friend. > She is my friend.
• Possessive: Sam's hat is the best. > His hat is the best.

R- REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

• When referring back to subject
• Mostly ends in "self" or "selves"
• Example- myself, ourselves
• I gave myself an A+

S- SUBJECT OF A SENTENCE

• Who or what is "doing" the verb
• Can be more than one in a sentence
• Not always in the beginning
• Always nouns or pronouns
• Example- The DOG is sleeping.

T- THE WASHWOMAN

• The Washwoman is a short narrative
• Shows a good theme
• The washwoman is a very hard-working woman
• Puts her job before almost everything

W- WALTER MITTY'S WIFE

• Walter Mitty's wife is very bossy
• Orders around Walter to do errands
• Expects a lot from him

Y- YESTERDAY IS AN ADVERB

• Adverbs modify or tell more about
• Most end in -ly
• Example- hopefully, extraordinarily
• Mollie is extraordinarily bright.

V- VERBS

• Express action or state of being
• Some actions verbs you can see
• Some you can not see
• Example- love, hope

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