Lexia Learning

verbal irony

A figure of speech in which what is said is the opposite of what is meant (sarcasm)

noun

A person, place, thing, or idea

complex sentence

A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

argument

A statement put forth and supported by evidence to support a claim

external conflict

A struggle between a character and an outside force

internal conflict

A struggle between opposing needs, desires, or emotions within a single character

pronoun

A word that takes the place of a noun

Which article is used before a vowel sound?

An

autobiography

An account of a person's life written by that person

verb

An action word or state of being

situational irony

An outcome that turns out to be very different from what was expected

Tone

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Exposition

Background information presented in a literary work.

Theme

Central idea of a work of literature

contrast

Difference between things

Resolution

End of the story where loose ends are tied up

Drop the e rules

Ends in an e and the suffix STARTS with a vowel.

Drop the y rules

Ends in y, a consonant before the y, and suffix DOESN'T start with i.

falling action

Events after the climax, leading to the resolution

rising action

Events leading up to the climax

An independent clause

Expresses a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.

supporting ideas

Facts and examples or other details that explain the main idea

Mood

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

compare

Give an account of the similarities between two (or more) items or situations, referring to both (all) of them throughout.

A Clause

Has both a subject and a predicate.

A dependent phrase

Has to have more added to be a complete sentence and can not stand alone.

A phrase

Is missing either a subject or a predicate.

Conjunction

It joins words or groups of words

articles

It signals a noun. A, An, & The

Climax

Most exciting moment of the story; turning point

Simple Sentence

One verb and one noun or two verbs and one noun or one verb and two nouns

1-1-1 Doubling Rule

One vowel, One consonant after the vowel, and one syllable.

transition words

Phrases that signal a change from one idea to another. ex: first, second, finally, and then....

pronoun

Replaces a noun or another pronoun

Types of Adjectives

Tells what kind, which one, or how many.

cause

The reason why something happens

/zhun/

The sound made by -sion. i.e. conclusion or

/shun/

The sound that is sometimes made by -tion or -sion. i.e. reflection or suppression

Setting

The time and place of a story

subject of a text

The topic of a text. What the text is about.

antecedent

The word that the pronoun replaced.

main idea

What the passage is mostly about

irony

When the last thing you expect to happen, happens.

summary

a brief statement or account of the main points of something.

drama

a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage

informational text

a nonfiction text, written to share factual information

subject pronoun

a pronoun used as the subject of a sentence

effect

a result or consequence

caption

a title or short description of a picture

stage directions

an instruction in the text of a play, especially one indicating the movement, position, or tone of an actor, or the sound effects and lighting.

coordinating conjunction

and, but, or, yet, so, for, nor

compound-complex sentence

at least one dependent clause and two or more independent clauses

subordinating conjunction

connects an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses; examples: since, before, unless, however, after

Dialogue

conversation between two or more characters

adjective

describes a noun

text features

elements of any text other than the writing itself which helps you locate and learn information

singular possessive

man's, child's, boy's, dog's

plural possessive

men's, children's. boys', dogs'

plural

more than one

details of a text

pieces of information that describe or support

demonstrative pronoun

points out a person, place, thing, or idea examples: this, those, that

interrogative pronoun

pronoun that asks a question; examples: who, whom, whose, what, which

contraction

putting two words together in a shortened form

biography

story of a person's life written by another person

Narrative

tells a story

adverb

tells how the verb happened

predicate

tells what the subject does or is

italics

text that is slanted to the right

simple subject

the noun of the subject

object pronoun

the pronoun used as the direct object

simple predicate

the verb in the predicate

compound sentence

two or more independent clauses

An example of an object pronoun

us or them

An example of a subject pronoun

we or I

dramatic irony

when a reader is aware of something that a character isn't

subject

who or what the sentence is all about

heading

words at the top of a text that give the subject

subheading

words that label shorter parts of the text