6 week Flashcards
God Himself used the spoken word but never the written word
false
God cause foreign languages to come into existence at the Tower of Babel
true
The Bible has many types of literature, such as poetry, history, parables, letters, and written visions
true
The Bible teaches tht words are powerful, and they can do great good or great harm
true
the bible has had little influence on american literature
false
studying American literature can help Americans to understand their cultural heritage
true
studying american literature can help readers to learn about themselves and about how to express ideas
true
American writers like to write to share their experiences, to offer wisdom, and to improve situations
true
American writers like to write to describe their society and to create their own worlds for profit
true
THe first American literature course was started at the college level at Yale in 1928
false
American literature courses at the high school level became popular in the 1930s
false
American literature is taught junior year because it goes well with american history
true
american students read less today because there is less variety of types of literature available
false
periods of american literature have been based on significant events, or authors, or philosophies
true
the correct order for labels of American literature is rationalism, transcendentalism, realism, romanticism, modernism, and post-modernism
false
Children enjoy playing make-believe
playing is what
a gerund
her goal is to become a doctor
to become
an infinitive
we saw the truck approaching the intersection
approaching
participle
nancy was working as fast as possible
working
none of the above-verb
14 tools
Opening Adjective Delayed Adjective Opening Adverb Delayed Adverb absolute phrase appositive phrase prepositional phrase participial phrase gerund phrase infinitive phrase independent clause adjective clause adverb clause noun clause
open adjective
OADJ
what is an opening adjective
start the sentence with an adjective
structure of opening adjective
comma will follow word or phrase
delayed adjective
dadj
what is a delayed adjective
adjective or adjective phrase in the middle or at the end of the sentence
opening adverb
oadv
what is the opening adverb
adverb used to begin a sentence
key words to adverbs
how, when, where
structure of opening adverbs
comma will follow
delayed adverb
dadv
what is the delayed adverb
adverb placed in the middle or end
absolute phrase
ab
what is the absolute phrase
noun and participle
key to absolute phrase
inserts was or were makes it sound complete
begins with a possessive pronoun
appositive
ap
what is appositive
noun or noun phrase that renames a noun right beside it
key to appositves
a, an, the
prepositional phrase
prep
what was the prepositional phrase
position
key to prepositional phrase
could be removed and sentence would remain
participial phrase
PPH
what is a participial phrase
function like adjectives
key to participles
can be removed and do not harm the sentence
gerund
GPH
what is a gerund
functions like a noun
what can a gerund function as
subject, direct object, object of the preposition, predicate noun, appositive
what happens when you remove a gerund
brings disaster
infinitve
INF
what is the infinitive
to and verb
what can the infinitive function as
noun
adjective
adverb
what is a clause
has subject and verb
what is an independent clause
can stand alone
three dependent clauses
adverb
adjective
noun
what leads an adjective clause
who, whose, which
what leads adverb clause
after, as, before, when, while, until, because, since, as if, as though, although, if
what begins a noun clause
that, what, how, why, where
what is multiplying
two or more of the same kind of tool next to each other, separated by commas
three types of punctuation
semi-colon, colon, dashes
what does the semi-colon do
join two independent clauses whose ideas are closely related
what does the colon do
list, explanation
what is the dash
interruption
interesting detail
abrupt change of thought
afterthought
The Bible has very little do say about language arts
false
