QUARTER 1 Vocab and Grammar Complete Sentences Begins

QUARTER 1 Vocab and Grammar

Complete Sentences: Begins with a capital letter, ends with a period. MUST contain at least one main clause. �A main clause contains an independent subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. Ie: He plays.

Vocabulary, Day 3 Enjambment—the continuation of a sentence or clause over a line break. Genre—a category of literature, music, or art that is characterized by a particular style, form, or content. Major Genre—Novel, poem, drama, short story, novella. Poetry—Literary work in which feelings and ideas are expressed through rhythm and style.

Sentence Variety 9/7 Function: � Declarative—The dog bit the man. � Imperative—Go to the store. � Interrogative—Where are the apples? � Exclamatory—Watch out! Structure: � Simple—I like to read. � Compound—I like to read, and I also like to write. � Complex—I prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

Vocabulary Day 4, 9/7 Rhyme—Correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words. Alliteration—repetition of sounds in the first syllables in a phrase of words. (ie: from stem to stern). Rhythm—A strong, regular, repeated pattern of movement or sound Metaphor—A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable. Symbol—An object that represents or stands for something else, especially a material object representing something abstract.

Playing With Language Solve these riddles: What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries? �A What can you catch but not throw? �A towel cold What goes around the world but stays in one corner? �A stamp

Vocabulary, Day 5 Conflict—a struggle or tension between two forces or characters. � Man v. Man � Man v. Nature � Man v. Self Point of View—the narrator’s position in relation to the story being told. � 1 st person—perspective using ‘I’ or ‘We’ � 2 nd person—perspective using ‘you’ � 3 rd person—perspective using ‘he/she/it, ’ and ‘they’

Vocabulary, Day 5—continued Plot Pyramid—a tool that allows readers to chart the important events of a story chronologically. Characterization—word picture: a graphic or vivid verbal description of a character.

Vocabulary, Day 6 Main Idea—The most important part of a work of literature. Theme—a unifying or dominant idea throughout a work of literature.