Unit 1: Conventions, Writing, and Speaking & Listening

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  1. common noun
    a noun that denotes any or all members of a class
  2. proper noun
    a word that denotes a particular person, place, or thing
  3. personal pronoun
    a pronoun expressing a distinction of person
  4. pronoun
    a function word that is used in place of a noun
  5. interrogative
    relating to sentences that ask a question
  6. reflexive pronoun
    a personal pronoun compounded with -self to show the agent's action affects the agent
  7. reflexive
    referring back to itself
  8. case
    nouns or pronouns or adjectives (often marked by inflection) related in some way to other words in a sentence
  9. nominative
    the category of nouns serving as the grammatical subject of a verb
  10. objective
    indicating the object of a verb or of certain prepositions
  11. possessive
    the case expressing ownership
  12. antecedent
    the word, phrase, or clause to which a pronoun refers
  13. recommendation
    praise of a person or thing as worthy or desirable
  14. persuasive
    intended or having the power to induce action or belief
  15. description
    a statement that represents something in words
  16. short story
    a brief but fully developed prose narrative
  17. exposition
    an account that sets forth the intent of a story
  18. conflict
    opposition in a work of fiction between characters or forces
  19. climax
    the decisive moment in a novel or play
  20. resolution
    finding an answer to a problem
  21. sensory
    involving or derived from the senses
  22. dull
    so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness
  23. vivid
    evoking lifelike images within the mind
  24. first person
    narration from the point of view of the speaker or narrator
  25. third person
    narration from the point of view of those being described
  26. point of view
    the perspective from which a story is told
  27. voice
    the distinctive quality or pitch of a person's speech
  28. characteristic
    a noticeable feature or aspect of something
  29. attitude
    a complex mental state involving beliefs and feelings
  30. tone
    a quality that reveals the attitudes of the author
  31. homophone
    a word pronounced the same with another meaning or spelling
  32. oral
    using speech rather than writing
Created on Wed Feb 03 13:50:54 EST 2021 (updated Mon Jun 21 15:51:56 EDT 2021)

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