NJSLA Review ELA Terms

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What type of conjunctions are used with compound sentences?

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Coordinating conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) are used with compound sentences.

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What is a protagonist?

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A protagonist is the main character in a story, often a hero or central figure.

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What is Logos?

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Logos is a rhetorical appeal to logic and reason.

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What is personification?

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Personification is giving human traits to non-human things.

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What point of view is used in the sentence: 'I asked my friend Alexis.'?

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1st person point of view.

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What are subordinating conjunctions?

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Subordinating conjunctions are used to connect an independent clause with a dependent clause (e.g., after, because, if, so that).

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What are correlative conjunctions?

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Correlative conjunctions are pairs of conjunctions that work together (e.g., neither/nor, not only/but also).

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What is an antagonist?

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An antagonist is a character or force that opposes the protagonist.

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What is ethos?

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Ethos is a rhetorical appeal to credibility and ethics.

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What is a narrative perspective?

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Narrative perspective refers to the viewpoint from which a story is told.