Unit 1 Study Guide ELA Flashcards
(23 cards)
written in first person point of view
Personal Narratives
the ________ describes a _________ that they experienced
author, moment of time
A _______ is a type of narrative
Memoir
A narrative can be written as ______ or _____
prose or poems
______ are written in lines and stanzas
Poems
______are written using sentences and paragraphs
Prose
______ may include ________ and _______
poems, sound devices, figurative language
Noise Words (crunch, Ring)
onomatopoeia
Comparison of two things using the words like or as
Simlie
comparison of two things saying that one is another
Metaphor
giving human qualities to an object
Personification
the suffix (or ending) ness = _______ of being
quality
same meaning of a word
Synonym
Opposite meaning of a word
Antonym
Person, place, thing or idea
common noun
_________ Noun = shows ownership to the noun; apostrophe’s
Singular Possessive
________Noun = shows ownership to more than one noun; often with an apostrophe after s
Plural Possessive
takes place of the noun (toms shoes were in HIS bag)
Pronoun
______ pronoun = a pronoun that has ownership (ours, yours, theirs)
possessive
______pronoun = pronouns that refers back to the person it names (himself, ourselves, myself, yourself)
reflexive
______pronoun = a word ending in -self or -selves that is used in combination with a noun or pronoun to place special emphasis on it. (I did it myself)
Intensive
describes a noun (it was a beautiful, fall day yesterday)
Adjective
tells when, where or how the action is taking place (the dog ran excitedly into the house)
adverb
