My Study Guide
By: Nathan Harwell
Poetic Terms
Simile: A comparison using like or as.
Metafore: A comparison not using like or as
Hyperbole: An exaggeration expanding the truth.
Theme: The main idea/The author's message
Literary Non-fiction
Auto-Biography: A true story about your life written by you.
Memoir: A historical account or biography written by someone's knowledge.
Personal narrative: It's when you make a story about yourself.
Bonus:Diary:A record of a point and time in history.
Plot Elements
How Do You Make An Inference: You have to read the book to find evidence in the text.
Grammer style
Irregular verb:This type of verb is like the lone wolf of the pack it doesn't follow the rule's.
Prepositional Phrases:It is modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and it's object.
Simple and compound sentences:A compound is composed of at least two independent clauses. It does not require a dependent clause. The clauses are joined by a coordinating conjunction (with or without a comma),A simple is a sentence structure that contains one independent clause and no dependent clauses
Subject-verb agreement:Subject-verb agreement is a grammar rule that requires the subject (noun) to agree in number and person with the verb. So if the subject of a sentence is singular, the verb must be singular. If the subject of a sentence is plural, the verb must be plural.