English Mid-Term Exam Study Guide Flashcards
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Fidelity
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Faithful
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Facet
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one side
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Mortal
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eventually dies
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Acquit
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not guilty
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Barrage
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outpouring od something
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Depict
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to picture
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Groundless
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without a good cause
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Dispatch
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to send out for a purpose
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Apparel
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to dress up
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Compress
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to make a smaller
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Billows
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ocean waves
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Constrain
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to hold back
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Bigot
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narrow minded
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Designate
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to choose
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Gloat
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boast or brag
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Petty
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unimportant
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Reverie
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daydream
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Eerie
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weird or mysterious
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Four types of sentences
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- imperative sent
- interrogative
- exclamatory
- declarative
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Name 5 parts of a sentence
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- subject
- verb
- complete thought
- end mark
- capital letter
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2 quest you ask to find a subject noun
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Who? Or What?
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What question do you ask to find a verb?
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What did…(he,she,they,etc…) …do?
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Linking Verbs
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Am,is,are,was,were,be,being,been
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Five senses
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smell,feel,taste,looks,sounds
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PN (prepositional noun)
renames the subject after the linking verb
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PA (predicate adjective)
describes the subject after the linking verb
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Prepositonal Phrases (POP)
start with a preposition and end with the object(noun) of the preposition
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Coordinate Conjunctions
Subordinating words create an incomplete thought otherwise known as a dependent clause.
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Fanboys
for,and,nor,but,or,yet,so
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Clause
All clauses have a subject and a verb
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Phrases
All phrases have a subject OR a verb
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Independent Clause
have a complete thought
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Dependent Clause
Have an incomplete thought
