1. English 1st 9 Weeks Test Study Guide

2. Conflicts Individual v self Individual v technology Individual v individual Individual v nature

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

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

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

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

7. setting where the story takes place

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

9. fact can be proved

10. opinion what the author believes-thinks

11. summarize short version of events-plot of the story

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

13. 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

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

15. trepidation fear She entered the haunted house with great trepidation.

16. 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.

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

18. debt money owed He has a debt of $500.00 to the bank.

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