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1st Semest Test AL Flashcards

1
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Narrative or description which can reveal hidden descriptions or morals about a character

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Allegory

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2
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Repeating sound at the beginning of a word (I like the gardens of Versailles with Flashing Fountains Filled)

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Alliteration

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3
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A verb that shows action

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The main word in the complete subject that tells who or what the sentence is about

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4
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A word that modifies a noun or pronoun and answers the questions: Which one what kind

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Adjective

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5
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An extra noun, adjective or adverb that follows the direct object and renames it

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Objective compliment

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6
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A phrase consisting of an action verb and all of its helping verbs

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Verb phrase

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7
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Pronouns which come after the verb isn’t he predicate of the sentence (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)

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Personal

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8
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A word that takes the place of a noun

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Pronoun

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A verb that does not show action: but it connects the subject with a word that takes the place of a noun

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Linking verb

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10
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Means more than one

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Plural

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11
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Names a special person, place, or thing and always begins with a capital letter

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Proper noun

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12
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A rhetorical device beginning with words like it, here and there, which does not contribute to the meaning of a sentence

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Expliciv

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13
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An action verb that does not require a direct object to complete it meansing

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Transitive

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14
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The part of the sentence that who or what the sentence is about

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Subject

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15
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A grammatically independent construction consisting of a noun, noun phrase, or pronoun followed by a predicate without a finite verb, used as a loose modifier of the whole sentence and typically placed at the beginning or end of the sentence

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Nominative absolute

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16
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Two or more nouns joined together to make one name

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Compound

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17
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A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun after it (its object) and some other word in the sentence

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Preposition

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18
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The name of the person to whom the sentence is directed

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Direct address

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19
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The name of a person, place, thing, or idea

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Noun

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20
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Pronouns which are used as subjects (I you he she it we they)

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Subject pronoun

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21
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A verb that is used with an action verb to form a verb phrase

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Helping verb

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22
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A noun that is affected by the action of a transitive verb but is not the primary object

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indirect object

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23
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A word that modifies a verb adjective or adverb and answer the question where when how

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Adverb

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24
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The noun that receives the action of a transitive verb

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Receiver

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25
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The part of the sentence that comes after the subject and tells something about it

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Complement

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26
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Two or more connected subjects that have the same verb

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Compound subject

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27
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Means one

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Singular

28
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A verb that can be linking or helping, and is a form of the verb to be

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Being verb

29
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A word used to express strong or sudden feeling

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Interjection

30
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A verbal that is always used as an adjective

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Participle

31
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Who is the governor in the scarlet letter

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Bellingham

32
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What are two things the scarlet letter symbolized in the book

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Adulterer and able

33
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How many times did Hester pearl and Dimmesdale stand on the scaffold

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H- 3
P-3
D-2

34
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What was dimmesdale’s reaction in the forest to Hester’s news

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Disappointed

35
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When Dimmesdale was dying who did he request a kiss from

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Pearl

36
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What is the name of the captain

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Captain ahab

37
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Who is the narrator of moby dick

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Ishmael

38
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Who is the first mate

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Starbuck

39
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Who was tossed overboard on the first day

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Captain ahab

40
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Who became entangled in the ship’s lines and drowned not the second day

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Fedallah

41
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How did the men realize that the whale was nearby

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Moby dick’s odor

42
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Moby dick has been called America’s only______

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Epic

43
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In the beginning of the story who does the captain speak longingly

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His family

44
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Who was the line survivor of the Pequod

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Ishmael

45
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What is the theme of moby dick

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Actions with wrong motives lead to destruction

46
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Truth expressed in the form of an apparent contradiction

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Paradox

47
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Correspondence of sound

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Rhyme

48
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The character that does not change throughout the story

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Static character

49
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With thou go with us tonight? There will be a merry company in the forest

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Mistress Hibbins

50
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What are the two themes of the scarlet letter

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Sin and isolation

51
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Why did Hester call her daughter Pearl

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Because she cost her a great price

52
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What does dimmesdale’s name symbolize

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His light is fading

53
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Two or more verbs in a single sentence indicating separate actions

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Compound verb

54
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A word used to connect words or groups of words

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Conjunction

55
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A verbal beginning with to/ used as noun adj or adv

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Infinitive

56
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A verbal ending in ing and always used as a noun

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Gerund

57
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Not and n’t always function as an _____describing the verb

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Adverb

58
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A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun

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Prepositional phrase

59
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An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject

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Predicate adjective

60
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An action verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning

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Transitive

61
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A verb form used as a noun, adjective or adverb

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Verbal

62
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Always the subject of an imperative sentence

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You

63
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A noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb

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Predicate nominative

64
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The noun after the preposition

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Object of preposition

65
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The noun for which a pronoun stands

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Antecedent

66
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The adjectives a, an, and the

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Articles

67
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Pronouns which show ownership (my, mine, your, yours, etc)

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Personal

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