English Flashcards
What is an Adjective?
A word that describes a noun
Comparative form of adjectives are made by adding what?
-er
Adjective Clause
A type of clause that works to describe a noun in a sentence
Conjunction
A word used to connect clauses or sentences. “FANBOYS” (For And Nor But Or Yet So)
Interjection
Word or phrase used to convey suprise or other strong emotions. (Yikes, wow, what, hey, etc.)
Noun
A person, Place or Thing
Proper Noun
A word that acts in place of a specific noun, must always be capitalized.
Direct Object
A noun phrase that is used to denote a person or thing that is receiving the action the verb.
Indirect Object
A noun phrase reffering to someone or something that is affected by the action of the verb, but is not the primary object.
Subject
A person or thing that is being discussed, described, or dealt with.
Pronoun
A word that replaces a noun
Verb
An action word
Simple Predicate
The verb that is being performed in a sentence
Past Predicate
The verb that has been acted upon.
Irregular Verbs/Past Tense
A past tense verb usually ends in -ed, but irregular verbs do not.
Infinitive Phrases
Phrases that include modifiers and/or compliments usually including “to” or “too” in front of it.
Conjugate
Changing a verb so it makes sense in a sentence.
Tense Forms
Past, Present, Future
Capitalization
A start of a sentense, a proper noun, or emphasis on an important thing.
Ellipsis
The triple dots at the end of a statement to entail trailing off or a missing part.
Was/Were
“where” is used when there are two subjects, and “was” is used when there is only one.
Analogies
A comparison of two things that share a resemblance.
Denouement
Final part of a play in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
Historical Divisions of English
Old English, Middle English, New English
Antonym
Opposite of another word
Alliteration
A repitition of a sound at the beginning of the words.
Hyperbole
An exaggeration.
Onomatopoeia
A word that represents a sound (Boom, smash, click, creak, etc.)
Personification
Giving human or animal qualities to an inanimate object.
Palindrome
A word that is spelled backward the same way it is spelled forward. (racecar, taco cat, level, etc.)
Metaphor
A comparison between two things without using like or as.
Epic
A long poem used to tell the tale of heroic or legendary figures throughout history.
Internal Rhyme
A word that is rhymed at the end of one line, or in the middle of another.
Limerick
A comedic rhyming scheme that is aabba (Syllables are 8-8-5-5-8)
Samuel Langhorn Clemens
Psuedonym=Mark Twain, books: “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer”, and “Huckleberry Finn”
Michael Crichton (criton pronounciation)
Jurassic Park, The Great Train Robbery
Luis Lowry
The Giver Quartet, Rabble Starky, Number the Stars
Maurice Sendak
Where the Wild Things Are, In the Night Kitchen
Gunpowder
A flammable powder which was placed in guns and cannons as a propellant.
Henry IV, V, VI, VIII
William Shakespeare. Tells the stories of those kings of England
King Leir
William Shakespeare. Tells the story of the mythological King Leir of Britian
Manolin and Santiago
From The Old Man and the Sea
As You Like It, Hamlet, Julius Ceasar, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet
Plays by William Shakespeare
Casey at the Bat
Ernest Thayer “Mighty Casey had struck out.”
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Luis Stevenson
The Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
The Leather Stocking Tales
James Fenimore Cooper
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Chronicals of Narnia- C.S. Lewis
Aphrodite
Greek Goddess of Love and Beauty. Roman=Venus
Athena
Greek Goddess of War and Wisdom, Parthenon is dedicated to her. Roman=Minerva
Midas
Roman king, blessed/cursed: Everything he touched turned to gold. Cursed/Blessed by Baccus
Poseiden
Greek God of the Sea, and Earthquakes. He also created horses. Roman=Neptune
Compound words
Ice Cream, Sponge Bath, Basketball, Blow up, etc.
Irregular plurals
Plurals that don’t end in -es. Geese, moose(Moosen), Oxen, Fish, sheep, etc.
Nouns ending in -s
Uncountable nouns: Aerodynamics, asthetics, aerobics.
Nouns ending in -ss
Abruptness, Abominables, bass, boss, etc.
Nouns ending in -sh
Sagebrush, sailfish, starfish, ash, anguish, ambush
Nouns ending in -x
Chatterbox, Box, Oxen, ox, fox,
Is Chrono Greek or Latin- and what does it mean?
Greek, meaning time (The greek titan of time is Kronos, so this makes sense.)
Is Anti Greek or Latin- what does it mean
Greek- against, or opposite.
Difference between They’re and Their
They’re= contraction Their=possesive
Silent consonents
e, gh, k, p, etc.
Present Particible
Ending in -ing
Homonyms
Two words that have the same pronounciation/spelling, but mean different things.
Abriviations
Smaller form of a word
Abriviation for Attorney
Atty
Nouns to Adjectives
Add suffix to root word
Prefix to Suffix
Put prefix at the end
Biblio
book
Bio
Life
Geo
Land or earth
Helio
Sun
In
Within, on, not
Phon
sound, voice
Pro
Forward, positive
Thermo
heat
Verb
An action word
Irregular Verbs
Verbs that do not follow the rules for changing their tense.
Irregular Past Tense
Not formed by adding -ed, -en.
Past Participle
Past form
Ambergris
solid, waxy, flammable substance of a gray or blackish color produced in the digestive system of sperm whales.
Eponym
The person whom something is thought to be named after.
Triskaidekaphobia
Fear of 13
