ABC MIDTERM STORY

ACTION VERBS

• words that express action
• He is JUMPING around.
• Verbs are an important part of speech

BENEVOLENT

• Benevolent means kindly or charitable
• No one doubted the benevolent feelings of the donor
• Benevolent is a vocabulary word

COMPOUND NOUNS

• nouns made of 2 or more words
• Toothpaste is a compound noun
• Compound nouns are grammar parts of speech

DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUNS

• This, That, these, and those
• Like other pronouns they replace nouns
• They point out specific people, places, or things
• This is a demonstrative pronoun
• A Demonstrative pronoun is a grammar part of speech

EXPOSITION

• Is the part of the story where info about the story and characters are given
• "Over six feet tall, big-boned ...," (Angelou 36)
• The exposition is an element of the plot

FORESHADOWING

• Is the use of clues to suggest what will occur next
• In "Cask of Amontilado", we can predict that Montressor will use
• Fortunato's weak spot to find his revenge
• Foreshadowing is a literary term

GENRE

• Is a category or type of literature
• The genre of "Cask of Amontilado" is horror
• Genre is a literary term

HELPING VERBS

• words that help the main verb
• Also known as Auxilary verbs
• The player should have hit the ball.
• Helping verbs are a grammar part of speech.

IRONY

• The contradiction between what the reader or character
• thinks will happen and what really happens
• It snowed when it was 60 degrees out
• Irony is a literary term

JIM DILLINGHAM YOUNG

• One of the main characters of O. Henry's "Gift of the Magi"
• Jim is Della's husband
• Jim is a character of a literary work we read

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LINKING VERBS

• Linking verbs connect the noun to the predicate
• He is smelly.
• Linking verbs is a grammar part of speech.

MOOD

• The feeling created by a literary work or passage
• The "Cask of Amontillado" has a scary mood
• Mood is a literary term

NOUNS

• Nouns are persons, places, things, or ideas.
• The CAT at the STADIUM is black.
• Nouns are grammar parts of speech.

O. HENRY

• Author of the Gift of the Magi
• O. Henry uses a Motif a three
• O. Henry is an author of a literary work we read

POINT OF VIEW

• The type and amount of info released by the narrator
• The player reacted frightened and had scary dreams at night
• (3rd person omniscient)
• Point of view is a literary term.

QUESTION MARKS

• Is the end mark of a direct question
• Why do we have to go?
• Question marks are a type of end mark

RESOLUTION

• The end of the story
• The resolution is where the conflict is solved
• Resolution is a literary term

STYLE

• An author's unique way of writing
• Style is a literary term

THEME

• The central insight or message of a literary work
• The theme of New Directions is Never give up, always work hard
• and you will succeed
• Theme is a literary term

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VERBS

• words that express action or a state of being all sent have at least one
• The boy JUMPED all day.
• Verbs are grammar parts of speech.

WHAT

• What is a interrogative pronoun
• What is the date today?

YET

• A conjunction
• I hate chocolate, yet I ate it last night
• Yet is a form of a grammar part of speech

WORK CITED