ENGLISH ABC MIDTERM REVIEW

ANTAGONIST

• THE HERO OF THE STORY WHO FACES THE CONFLICT
• Jonas realizes his community needs to change
• "The Giver" by Lois Lowry

BUZZ LIGHT YEAR

• Toy Story 3
• Protagonist-the hero who faces the conflict
• Buzz helps the toys escape and saves them

CHARACTERIZATION

• Used by the author to develop the character
• "over six feet tall, big boned"
• Maya Angelou is describing Annie by using direct characterization

DIALOGUE

• A conversation between characters
• put in quotes

EXPOSITION

• introduces the setting, characters, and conflict
• "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
• Della is married to Jim and loves him very much
• She is poor and can't afford a gift for him

FORESHADOWINg

• giving a glimpse of what happens before it does

GENRE

• A type of writing
• Fiction
• " The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell
• It is a fictional work because it is not based on real events

HELPING VERB

• It comes before the verb and forms a verb phrase
• I CAN GO to your house tomorrow.
• Can is the helping verb
• Can go is the verb phrase

IRONY

• A difference between appearance and reality
• "Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
• Della gets Jim a watch chain but he sold his watch
• Jim gets Della combs after she sold her hair

JIM

• "Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
• He is the antagonist
• The conflict is that Della can't afford a gift
• He brings on the conflict because she want a gift for him

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LINKING VERBS

• a verb used to connect the subject to its complement
• I am nervous for midterms.
• I = nervous
• Am is the linking verb

MOTIFF

• reoccurring idea or symbol
• "The Gift of the Magi" by O. Henry
• The motiff was the number three
• "sniffling, sobbing, and smiling"

NARRATOR

• The person who tells the story
• "Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe
• Montresor is the narrator

O. HENRY

• Author of "Gift of the Magi"
• Uses a motiff of three
• Writes with many fragments
• Uses allusions to the Bible

PLOT

• The events that make up a story
• 5 parts

QUINTESSENCE

• the purest form of something
• Synonyms: paragon
• Only the quintessance of the students came.

RESOLUTION

• Part of the plot where the problem is solved

SETTING

• The time, place, and mood of the story
• " The Most Danderous Game"
• The setting is at night in a jungle

THEME

• the main point/ lesson of the story
• "New Beginnings" by Maya Angelou
• The theme would be that taking risks pays off

URBANE

• refined manner or style
• Synonym: elegant
• Antonym: crude
• The house was decorated in the most modern, URBANE way.

VERB PHRASES

• includes a main verb and its helping verbs
• We HAD BEEN WORKING on it for a long time.
• had been working is the verb phrase

WICKED STEPMOM

• Cinderella
• Stock character- easily reconized
• Minor character

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WORKS CITED

"Plot Diagram." Doc Stoc. Web. 12 Jan. 2015. .

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"A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes." True Classics. 13 Nov. 2010. Web. 12 Jan. 2015. .