| A | B |
|---|
| expresses an action or state of being | verb |
| modifies a verb, an adjective, or an adverb | adverb |
| shows emotion | interjection |
| names a person, place, thing, or idea | noun |
| shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word | preposition |
| connects words or word groups | conjunction |
| used in place of a noun | pronoun |
| modifies a noun or a pronoun | adjective |
| Which is a noun? girl or think | girl |
| Which is a preposition, many or into? | into |
| Which is a pronoun there or himself? | himself |
| Which is an interjection within or ouch? | ouch |
| Which is an adverb, hurry or quickly? | quickly |
| Which is a conjunction, run or and? | and |
| Which is a verb, slowly or jump? | jump |
| Which is an adjective, dog or red? | red |
| A work of fiction that centers on a single idea and can be read in one sitting is | short story |
| The ___ is at the beginning of a story and gives background information. | exposition |
| The conflict of a short story is resolved in the | falling action |
| The message about life that the author tries to get across to the reader is called | theme |
| time and place | setting |
| a person in a story | character |
| highest point in a story | climax |
| conversation between 2 characters | dialogue |
| use of clues to hint at events that will occur later in the plot | foreshadowing |
| citizen of a foreign country | alien |
| noisy, heated quarrel | altercation |
| careful to consider all possibilities | circumspect |
| seize for military purposes | commandeer |
| loose in one's morals or behavior | dissolute |
| one who lives by plunder or robbery | brigand |
| bring to a conclusion | terminate |
| rescue property in danger | salvage |
| make indistinct by wearing away | efface |
| rise superior to | surmount |
| distract attention from the intended point of attack | feint |
| holding stubbornly to one's own judgment | opinionated |
| choice between two undesirable courses of action | dilemma |
| without unnecessary words | terse |
| differ in opinion | dissent |
