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Synonym

Words that have simliar meanings

Antonym

Words with meanings that arent the same

Homonym

words that share the exact same spelling or pronunciation but have completely different meanings

Noun

A person, place, thing or idea

Common Noun

A noun thats general and generic (boy)

Proper Noun

A noun thats specific and particular (Sarah Zhang)

Verb

Action word

Adjective

A word that describes a noun

Adverb

A word that describes a verb ( pathetically )

Pronoun

A word used to represent a noun

Preposition

A word used by a noun or pronoun to show its relation to another part of the sentence

Conjuction

A word connecting words, clauses or sentences

Interjection

An interjecting; an interruption; an exclamation

Simile

Comparing two concepts using like or as

Metaphor

Comparing two concepts w/o using like or as

Onomatopoeia

Words that represent sound effects

Hyperbole

A ridculous exaggeration

Alliteration

Consecutive words that start with the same letter

Idiom

Groups of words which when grouped together have a diffrent meaning from when used indivually

Irony

Mildy sarcastic use of words that imply the opposite meaning

Oxymoron

Pairs two opposite or contradictory words together to create a new meaning or effect

Personification

Describing an inanimate object to do an action only an organism can do

Pun

Words that exploit double meaning for humorous effect

indirect characterization

Speech, Thoughts, Effect of others toward the character , Actions, Looks

Direct Characterization

Authour is directly stating the characters traits, personality or background

First person

a storytelling mode where a character narrates the events using pronouns like"I" or "we"

second person pov

a narrative perspective that directly addresses the reader or audience using the pronoun "you"

Third person objective

Narrator acts as an neutral observer

Third person limited

Restricted to one person’s thoughts

Third person omniscient

God like narrator , knows everything and everyone’s thoughts

Mood

The feeling created in the readers mind by a literary work. Setting, tone, events influence it

Tone

The attitude of the author towards its subject

context

Using what's around a word to determine its meaning

context

Using what's around a word to determine its meaning

Independent clause

complete thoughts

dependent clause

incomplete thought

simple sentence

Contains exactly one independent clause (one subject and one predicate) and no dependent clauses

compound sentence

Contains two or more independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction

Complex sentence

Contains exactly one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

Compound complex sentence

Contains at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause

The subject

the person, place, thing, or idea that is performing the action or being described

The predicate in a sentence

the part of a sentence or clause that tells what the subject is doing, what is happening to it, or what state it is in