English 1st 9 Weeks Test Study Guide. Conflicts Individual v self Individual v technology Individual v individual Individual v nature.

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English 1st 9 Weeks Test Study Guide

Conflicts Individual v self Individual v technology Individual v individual Individual v nature

fiction  imaginative work not based on actual people, places, things, or events

nonfiction  work based on actual people, places, things, or events-history-science text book

rising action  characters appearance/feelings before the climax (going up the roller coaster)

resolution end of the story-where the loose ends are tied up- conflict resolved

setting where the story takes place

Biography story about a person (Not written by that person) ex: Abraham Lincoln-Martin Luther King, Jr.

fact can be proved

opinion what the author believes-thinks

summarize short version of events-plot of the story

purpose persuade-inform- entertain why you should or should not do something- details-information-funny

prefix added to the beginning of words un-NOT-unconscious-not conscious-don’t know what’s going on-unstoppable-cannot be stopped-unpaid-did not pay

suffix added to the end of words- “able to”- inaudible-visible “one who” colonists-biologist “full of”- miraculous-marvelous

trepidation fear She entered the haunted house with great trepidation.

rankled to cause irritation or resentment; annoy She was rankled because the teacher made her do her homework even though she knew she had put it in the homework bin.

“dragging her heals”- to show she doesn’t want to do something or participate

debt money owed He has a debt of $ to the bank.

reluctantly hesitatingly She reluctantly went to the movie even though she knew she should stay home and study for her English test.