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8th LA Test 1-2 Flashcards

1
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a subject that is an adjective

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predicate adjective

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2
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a word that that modifies a noun or pronoun

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adjective

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3
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verb form acting as a different part of speech

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verbal

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4
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a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or an adverb

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adverb

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5
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a phrase created by a verbal

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verbal phrase

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6
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a verb that links the subject to a subject complement

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linking

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7
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a verb form (present or past tense) acting as an adjective

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participle

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8
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part of the writing process in which one changes ideas or the order of ideas in a document

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revising

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9
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a phrase created by a gerund

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gerund phrase

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10
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a phrase created by an infinitive

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infinitive phrase

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11
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a name used for an individual person, place, or organization, spelled with initial capital letters

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proper noun

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12
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an action verb used with a direct object

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transitive verb

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13
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a noun that denotes a group of individuals

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collective noun

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14
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an adjective phrase constructed from a participle

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participial phrase

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15
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the logic, the words, and the reasons one uses in an argument

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logos

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16
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the act of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, or touching something

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sense perception

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17
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a group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and does not contain a verb and its subject

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phrase

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18
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moving through stages of writing a document

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the writing process

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19
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the act of planning a document

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prewriting

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20
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a sentence that gives a command

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imperative sentence

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21
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a verb form usually beginning with “to” that is used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb

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infinitive

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22
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a group of words that begins with a preposition and usually ends with a noun or pronoun

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prepositional phrase

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23
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a word that shows emotion

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interjection

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24
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a word that shows action or state of being

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verb

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25
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The two branches of logic are called Formal (minor) logic and _____________
logic.

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Material (major)

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26
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a word that replaces a noun

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pronoun

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27
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a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun

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gerund

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28
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part of the writing process in which one puts ideas into words

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drafting

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29
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the part about which something is being said in a sentence

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subject

30
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the act by which the mind grasps the concept or general meaning of an object without affirming or denying anything about it

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simple apprehension

31
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the overall reason for the text

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the author’s purpose

32
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a subject complement that is a noun or pronoun

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predicate nominative

33
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a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses

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conjunction

34
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a noun or pronoun that precedes the direct object and tells to whom or what or for whom or what the action is done

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indirect object

35
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a ___________ sentence makes a statement

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declarative

36
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a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb

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direct object

37
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part of the writing process in which one corrects grammar and mechanics in a document

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editing

38
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a simple predicate that has more than one word (helping verb + verb)

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verb phrase

39
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a word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence

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preposition

40
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an action verb that does not have a direct object

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intransitive verb

41
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refers to your character, ethics, and your believability when you speak

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ethos

42
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A _________ noun names a particular person, place, or thing (must be capitalized)

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proper

43
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_____________________ is concerned with the content of argumentation (deals with the truth of terms and propositions in an argument)

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Material or Major logic

44
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an understanding of an object once it has been abstracted

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concept

45
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the process of reducing an object to an intellectual concept

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abstraction

46
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an _______________ sentence asks a question

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interrogative

47
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the image of an object formed in the mind as a result of sense perception of that object

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mental image

48
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an _______________ sentence expresses strong feeling

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exclamatory

49
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the person for whom a writer writes

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audience

50
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a _______________ ________________ consists of two or more connected subjects that have the same verb

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compound subject

51
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the completely articulated sum of the intelligible aspects, or elements (or notes) represented by a concept

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comprehension

52
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the emotional content of your presentation

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pathos

53
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the function of a word with a sentence

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part of speech

54
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Sentence or Not: Dogs running through the yard.

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not a sentence

55
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Sentence or Not: Jane tired.

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not a sentence

56
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Sentence or Not: Over the fence.

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not a sentence

57
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Type of sentence: The Washington Monument is in D.C.

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declarative

58
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Type of sentence: Yay!

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exclamatory

59
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Type of sentence: Where is the bakery?

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interrogative

60
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Mental Act: simple apprehension, judgment, ______________ _______________.

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deductive inference

61
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Verbal Expression: Term, ______________ ____ ___________, syllogism or argument

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proposition or statement

62
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List the comprehension: peach tree

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non-sentient, living, material

63
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List the comprehension: goose

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non-rational, sentient, living, material

64
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Univocal or equivocal: They removed the giant rock./ The man likes to rock in his chair.

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equivocal

65
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Univocal or equivocal: He filled the pitcher with juice./ The pitcher sat in the dugout.

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equivocal

66
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Univocal or equivocal: Some windows are glass. / The sun came in through the front windows.

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univocal

67
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What is the extension of man?

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every man that was, is, or will be

68
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horse, daisies, emerald- which one belongs to the extension of living?

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horse, daisies

69
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horse, daisies, emerald- which one belongs to the extension of sentient?

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horse

70
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List the supposition of horses: Some horses are wild.

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logical

71
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List the supposition of man: Man is rational.

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logical

72
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List the supposition of rivers: Rivers has two syllables.

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verbal or material

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