1st Semest Test AL Flashcards
Narrative or description which can reveal hidden descriptions or morals about a character
Allegory
Repeating sound at the beginning of a word (I like the gardens of Versailles with Flashing Fountains Filled)
Alliteration
A verb that shows action
The main word in the complete subject that tells who or what the sentence is about
A word that modifies a noun or pronoun and answers the questions: Which one what kind
Adjective
An extra noun, adjective or adverb that follows the direct object and renames it
Objective compliment
A phrase consisting of an action verb and all of its helping verbs
Verb phrase
Pronouns which come after the verb isn’t he predicate of the sentence (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)
Personal
A word that takes the place of a noun
Pronoun
A verb that does not show action: but it connects the subject with a word that takes the place of a noun
Linking verb
Means more than one
Plural
Names a special person, place, or thing and always begins with a capital letter
Proper noun
A rhetorical device beginning with words like it, here and there, which does not contribute to the meaning of a sentence
Expliciv
An action verb that does not require a direct object to complete it meansing
Transitive
The part of the sentence that who or what the sentence is about
Subject
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
Nominative absolute
Two or more nouns joined together to make one name
Compound
A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun after it (its object) and some other word in the sentence
Preposition
The name of the person to whom the sentence is directed
Direct address
The name of a person, place, thing, or idea
Noun
Pronouns which are used as subjects (I you he she it we they)
Subject pronoun
A verb that is used with an action verb to form a verb phrase
Helping verb
A noun that is affected by the action of a transitive verb but is not the primary object
indirect object
A word that modifies a verb adjective or adverb and answer the question where when how
Adverb
The noun that receives the action of a transitive verb
Receiver
The part of the sentence that comes after the subject and tells something about it
Complement
Two or more connected subjects that have the same verb
Compound subject
Means one
Singular
A verb that can be linking or helping, and is a form of the verb to be
Being verb
A word used to express strong or sudden feeling
Interjection
A verbal that is always used as an adjective
Participle
Who is the governor in the scarlet letter
Bellingham
What are two things the scarlet letter symbolized in the book
Adulterer and able
How many times did Hester pearl and Dimmesdale stand on the scaffold
H- 3
P-3
D-2
What was dimmesdale’s reaction in the forest to Hester’s news
Disappointed
When Dimmesdale was dying who did he request a kiss from
Pearl
What is the name of the captain
Captain ahab
Who is the narrator of moby dick
Ishmael
Who is the first mate
Starbuck
Who was tossed overboard on the first day
Captain ahab
Who became entangled in the ship’s lines and drowned not the second day
Fedallah
How did the men realize that the whale was nearby
Moby dick’s odor
Moby dick has been called America’s only______
Epic
In the beginning of the story who does the captain speak longingly
His family
Who was the line survivor of the Pequod
Ishmael
What is the theme of moby dick
Actions with wrong motives lead to destruction
Truth expressed in the form of an apparent contradiction
Paradox
Correspondence of sound
Rhyme
The character that does not change throughout the story
Static character
With thou go with us tonight? There will be a merry company in the forest
Mistress Hibbins
What are the two themes of the scarlet letter
Sin and isolation
Why did Hester call her daughter Pearl
Because she cost her a great price
What does dimmesdale’s name symbolize
His light is fading
Two or more verbs in a single sentence indicating separate actions
Compound verb
A word used to connect words or groups of words
Conjunction
A verbal beginning with to/ used as noun adj or adv
Infinitive
A verbal ending in ing and always used as a noun
Gerund
Not and n’t always function as an _____describing the verb
Adverb
A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun
Prepositional phrase
An adjective that follows a linking verb and modifies the subject
Predicate adjective
An action verb that requires a direct object to complete its meaning
Transitive
A verb form used as a noun, adjective or adverb
Verbal
Always the subject of an imperative sentence
You
A noun or pronoun that follows a linking verb
Predicate nominative
The noun after the preposition
Object of preposition
The noun for which a pronoun stands
Antecedent
The adjectives a, an, and the
Articles
Pronouns which show ownership (my, mine, your, yours, etc)
Personal
