Unit 1 Vocabulary
•Narrative–R17, is a story. Can either be fiction or nonfiction. Novels and short stories are types of fictional narratives. Biographies and autobiographies are nonfiction narratives. Poems that tell stories are also narratives.
•Argument– A logical way of presenting a belief, conclusion, or stance. R24
•Expository– Is a writing that explains or informs. R15
•Fiction– is prose writing that tells about imaginary characters and events. R15
•Nonfiction–is prose writing that presents and explains ideas or that tells about real people, places, objects, or events. R17
•Persuasive -see persuasion. It is used in writing or speech that attempts to convince the reader or listener to adopt a particular opinion or course of action. R17.
•Plot– is the sequence of events in a story. R18
•Exposition– in the plot of a story or a drama, the exposition, or introduction, is the part of the work that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation. R14
•Conflict– is a struggle between opposing forces. R14
•Rising action– develops the conflict, p.233
•Climax– is the turning point at which the story’s outcome is determined. It is the point of greatest intensity. P.233
•Falling action– sets up the story’s ending. P.233
•Resolution– or conclusion, usually shows how the conflict is settled. It may also leave open part or all of the conflict. P.233
•Character– is a person or an animal that takes part in the action of a literary work. R13
•Predict– use text, graphics, and prior knowledge to predict what might happen in a story or what you might learn from a text. P.lxxxi. You develop an idea about what will happen next. You base this idea on details in the story itself, as well as on your own experience and background knowledge of the subject. P.25. p.55.
•Theme– is a central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work. R20
•Fragment– is a group of words that does not express a complete thought. R40
•Run-on– is two or more complete sentences that are not properly joined or separated. P.1161
•Comma splice–similar to run-on sentences because they also incorrectly connect independent clauses. Occurs when two independent clauses are connected with only a comma. Purdue OWL.the use of a comma between coordinate main clauses not connected by a conjunction (as in “nobody goes there anymore, it's boring”)Merriam-Webster
•Subject–of a sentence is the word or group of words that tells whom or what the sentence is about. R40
•Verb– is a word that expresses time while showing an action, a condition, or the fact that something exists. R40
•Inverted order–an arrangement of the elements of a sentence (as subject, predicate) that is the reverse of the usual order and is designed to achieve variety or emphasis (as in “among them were the following” “again she called”) or to indicate a question (as in “what does he say”) – compare. Merriam-Webster.
•Indefinite pronoun– refers to a person, place, or thing, often without specifying which one. R40
•Coordinating conjunction– connects similar kinds of groups of words. R40
•Correlative conjunction– are used in pairs to connect similar words or groups of words. R40