Semester 2 Exam Study Guide Flashcards

Vocabulary flashcards based on the Semester 2 Exam Study Guide.

Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS)

Connects words or groups of words: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Simple Sentence

Has one complete subject and one complete predicate.

Complete Subject

Names whom or what the sentence is about.

Complete Predicate

Tells what the subject does, has, is, or is like.

Compound Sentence

Contains two or more connected simple sentences.

Main Clause

Each simple sentence in a compound sentence.

Complex Sentence

Has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses.

Subordinate Clause

A group of words that has a subject and a predicate, but does not express a complete thought and cannot stand alone as a sentence.

Subordinating Conjunctions

Single words used to connect parts of a sentence, such as words or phrases: after, although, as, because, before, if, since, than, though, unless, until, when, whenever, whereas, wherever

Setting

Where and when a story takes place.

Character

Person, animal, or creature in a story.

Plot

Action and sequence of events.

External Conflict

Struggle between two characters, with society, with nature, etc.

Internal Conflict

Struggle within a character.

First Person Point of View

Speaker uses ‘I’, ‘Me’, ‘We’; speaker is part of action, but reader only knows what this one character knows and feels.

Third Person Limited Point of View

Narrator uses “he, she, they”; describes action like an eye-witness.

Third Person Omniscient Point of View

Narrator uses “he, she, they”; narrator knows and sees everything including each character’s thoughts.

Theme

Main idea or message of a story.

Protagonist

Main character.

Antagonist

Character or force that has conflict with the protagonist.

Foreshadowing

Clues about what is going to happen.

Flashback

Scenes or events that have happened already.

Tone

The author’s attitude towards his/her subject.

Mood

The feeling a story creates in the reader.

Personification

Giving human qualities to an animal, object, or idea.

Simile

Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

Metaphor

Comparing two similar things without using like or as.

Symbol

Object that stands for something greater than itself.

Verbal Irony

Saying the opposite of what is meant.

Situational Irony

When what happens is the opposite of what the reader expects.

Dramatic Irony

The reader knows something a character doesn’t.

Round Character

Complex with many sides to their personality; character is well developed by the author so as to be believable; usually a major character.

Flat Character

Simple, one-dimensional, can be described using one single word, usually a minor character.

Dynamic Character

Undergoes an important inner change (in personality, beliefs, attitude).

Static Character

Does NOT undergo any important inner changes throughout the story.

Adjective

word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

Adverb

a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. (e.g., gently, quite, then, there ).

Noun

a word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things (common noun), or to name a particular one of these (proper noun).

Pronoun

a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse (e.g., she, it, this ).

Direct object

1. a noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb, for example the dog in Jimmy fed the dog.

Indirect object

1. a noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb, for example the dog in Jimmy fed the dog.