English Terms and notes
Infinitive
A verbal phrase that can be used as a noun, adverb, or adjective and is preceded by the word to
have a vocabulary, rules of grammar, syntax, and sound
All languages
1. Egyptian court performances 2. Greek comedies and tragedies 3. Roman comedies and tragedies 4. Drama almost disappears 5. Churches perform religious-based performances 6. The Renaissance
Drama developed in the following order
spine, catalog
The identifying number of a book, found on its ______ or in the _______, is called the call number
Genre
a distinctive classification or category of literature
Fallacy
a faulty argument
Participle
a verb that functions as an adjective
Tense
a verb's time of action
Indelible
cannot be removed or washed out
Proofreading
checking for grammatical, spelling, and typographical errors
Spatial order
commonly used for description
Slant rhyme
doesn't perfectly rhyme
Comedy
ends with a happy ending
Salutation
greeting
The Normans
invaded England in 1066 and brought French with them
English
is a German language that descended from Indo-European
The card catalog
lists books by subject, author, and title
Romantics
loved nature, imagination, and based writing on feelings
Subjunctive
mood expresses a wish
Imperative
mood gives a command
Listening
paying active attention to the words of a speaker
Simple listing
places details in no particular order
Voice quality
result of length, size, tension, and elasticity of the vocal cords
Antecedent
specific noun to which a pronoun refers
Cochlea
spiral tube of the inner ear that contains nerve endings
Acoustics
structural features of an auditorium
Trite
worn out
For the naturalistic
writer scientific laws govern individual instances
Collective noun
names a group of things or peoples
Abstract noun
names something you cannot see or touch
Denouement
conclusion of the story
Topic sentence
contains the main idea
Compound sentence
contains two or more main clauses
Indicative
mood is most common in English because it gives a statement
Conjugation
arrangement of verb forms by tense, voice, mood, person, and number
Larynx
the "voice box"
Tympanic membrane
the eardrum
Setting
the mood, time, and place in which a play or story occurs
Conflict
the problem of a story
Stage
the raised platform where plays are performed; to perform a play
Set
the stage and scenery for a play
Script
the text of a play
Stage directions
the written instructions from the author to the actors
Cause and effect
used to explain why things happen
Order of importance
used to stress one idea over another
Time order
used to tell "what happened when"
Simile
uses like or as