a combination of one or more helping verbs and a main verb
verb phrase
short story element 1
four basic elements of fiction
usually develops major conflict
can be read in 1 sitting
short story element 2
usually develops major conflict
can be read in one sitting
four basic elements of fiction
short story element 3
can be read in 1 sitting
four basic elements of fiction
usually develops major conflict
time and place of a short story and its social and cultural environment in which the action takes place
setting
setting includes social and --------
cultural environment
what is important in japanese culture
nature
what religion is the story based on
shinto religion
what does the shinto religion like to do with nature
live in harmony with it
what is a cricket a symbol of
good luck
why do the japanese like the bell cricket
for their song
logical guesses, using evidence in text and your own common sense
inference
a diamond shaper object
lozenge
to stand or wait idly
loiter
to emit or radiate from
emanate
showing embarrassment
sheepish
recongnizable or noticable
discernable
syn discover or follow
trace
to discover or determine the origins or develpmental stages of something
trace
syn produe, make, develop, and initiate
generate
ant wilt or destroy
generate
to produce or cause something to happen or exist
generate
syn grow or show up
emerge
ant destory or crash
emerge
to come forth out of, or away from
emerge
syn grant, award, recieve
confer
ant take, keep, hold
confer
to grant or give to
confer
genre elements poem
imagery
sound devices
mood
expresses a theme
genre elements poem
mood
imagery
sound devices
expresses a theme
genre elements poem
sound devices
imagery
mood
expresses a theme
genre elements poem
expresses a theme
imagery
mood
sound devices
word pictures that appeal to the senses
imagery
the authors choice of words and syntax
diction
a commonly used phrase that doesn't actually mean its literal meaning
idiom
ways that words are arranged in a sentence
syntax
keeps polite interactions
understatement
without fault or blame; perfect
irreproachable
the quality of being steady, calm, and serious
staidness
carelessness or failure to take normal precautions
negligence
intending to undermine or overthrow those in power
subversive
when something that is said is the opposite of what is meant
verbal irony
when a reader or character expects something to happen but something else happens
situational irony
techniques used by authors to communicate experiences and ideas
literary devices
hints or clues to something later in the story
foreshadowing
takes place when something happens that is the opposite of what the reader expects
irony
two dots that represent a pause in a sentence
colon
replaces a comma and conjuction
semi-colon
used when a comma is already used in a list
semi-colon
to provide an example of something previously stated
colon
introduce a quotation
colon
dictionary definition punc.
semi-colon