Milestones Review

What is the difference between Effect and Affect?

This is the main character of a text

You and your are pronouns written from what point of view?

Figurative Language consists of figures of speech that should not be taken to be real

What is the difference between Principal and Principle?

Phrases that mean something different from the words they say; common expressions

Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, and Romance are examples of what?

What is the difference between Except and Accept?

This type of writing discusses both sides of an issue (considered fair)

This is when the action is done to the subject (V→S)

This verb mood asks a question

This part of the plot structure follows the conflict that moves the story forward

A huge exaggeration

This verbal functions as a noun and ends in -ing

What kind of sentence has only 1 independent clause?

What is the difference between Its and It's?

This form of author's purpose is to change the reader's opinion about something

Used to indicate an omission of words, an unfinished thought, and a slight pause

What is the difference between Their, There, and They're?

Don't judge a book by its cover, coming of age, and love conquers all are examples of what?

This verbal is formed from the word to plus a verb

What term describes an educated guess using the reader's background knowledge and text clues?

What is the difference between Your and You're?

What kind of sentence has 2 independent clauses?

Used to connect 2 ind. clauses with a conjunction, items in a series, and after intro. phrases

He, she, her, they, and them are all pronouns written from what point of view?

What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction?

What is a subordinate/dependent clause?

To refer to something famous from a book, historical event, or popular culture

What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?

This form of text structure discusses an event, action, or feeling that produces a result

The author's attitude towards a subject

What kind of sentence has 1 independent clause and 1 dependent clause?

This form of text structure is used to explain things in order (from beginning to end)

Type of irony when someone says one thing but means the opposite

Used to show a sudden break or change in thought

Words that allow the reader to hear a sound

This verb mood states a wish or recommendation

If a text is _____, it favors one side more than another (considered unfair writing)

Compares two unlike things by stating that one thing is another

Type or irony when the audience knows something that the characters do not

This term is used when describing clues that hint at events that will happen later in the story

This form of author's purpose is to tell the reader about something by using facts and info

Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things

This part of the plot structure is the turning point and greatest moment of suspense

This term describes when a scene is shown of events that happened in the past

This is the actual everyday meanings of words

This is a form of a verb that looks like a verb, but serves as a noun or adjective

This part of the plot structure is the final stage where the conflict is resolved

This verbal functions as an adjective and will end in -ing or -ed

What is this picture known as?

The most important point in the text

This is when the subject of the sentence performs the action (S→V)

This verb mood states a cause and effect relationship (If...then...)

This is the character who is against or has conflict with the main character

This is a struggle between a character and an outside force

This form of text structure discusses similarities and differences of two or more things

What are the 2 ways to combine a compound sentence?

The way a text is intended to make the reader feel

What term is used to describe an opposing claim when addressing the other side of an argument?

This verb mood gives a command

What is internal conflict?

This is the main problem or struggle that the character is facing in a text

This is a literary technique to describe the opposite to happen from what is expected

I, me, mine, we, us, and ours are all pronouns written from what point of view?

What term is used to describe a statement that something is true?

What is the difference between Then and Than?

This part of the plot structure is the beginning (basic situation, characters, and setting)

Type of irony when what happens is the opposite of what was expected to happen

This verb mood states a fact or an opinion

What is the difference between Two, To, and Too?

What kind of sentence has 2 independent clauses and 1 dependent clause?

This form of author's purpose is to make the reader feel strong emotions; usually fiction

Compares two unlike things using like or as

The moral or lesson of a text

The repeating of consonant sounds at the beginning of words

This part of the plot structure are the events that follow the climax leading to the end