| Term | Definition |
|---|
| noun | person,place,thing |
| verb | action |
| pronoun | takes the place of a noun |
| conjunction | a word that joins a group of words, and or but nor |
| adjective | something that describes a noun/pronoun |
| adverb | describes a verb and an adjective as one |
| interjection | expresses emotion |
| prepositions | shows the relationship of a noun to another word in the sentence |
| run on sentence | too many ideas in a sentence |
| capitalization | begins with the first letter of the word in a sentence |
| transition words | words or phrases that connect ideas together |
| narrator | the person who is telling the story |
| mood | the feeling the author wants the reader to get from the story |
| conflict | problem in a real life situation |
| protagonist | main character of the story mostly called a hero |
| antagonist | person or thing that fights against the hero |
| setting | where a scene takes place |
| first person | when the narrator uses-i,me,we |
| speaker | narrator of a POEM |
| tone | the attitude the author shows towards there own work |
| simile | compares two things usually uses like or as |
| metaphor | compares two unlike things |
| repetition | when you repeat something multiple times |
| irony | the opposite of what u expect |
| hyperbole | over exaggeration |
| alliteration | repetition of the same consanant sound |
| personification | when you give a non living object human characteristics |
| onomatopeia | the sound an object makes |
| imagery | descriptive language which gives you the ability to paint a picture in your head |
| figurative language | the language an author uses to create special effect |
| symbolism | something that stands for something else |
| non fiction | a writing that tells about real people, places and events |
| genre | type of literature |
| fact | something that can be proven |
| opinion | a statement of someones feelings or ideas |
| anecdote | a little story that is used to help prove a point |
| plagiarism | a writing were you copy the exact words and make it as your own idea |
| extended metaphor | when the whole poem is a metaphor |
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