English Mid-Term Study Guide

Question 1

Fidelity

Answer 1

Faithful

Question 2

Facet

Answer 2

one side

Question 3

Mortal

Answer 3

eventually dies

Question 4

Acquit

Answer 4

not guilty

Question 5

Barrage

Answer 5

outpouring of something

Question 6

Enigma

Answer 6

mystery, puzzle

Question 7

Depict

Answer 7

to picture

Question 8

Groundless

Answer 8

without a good cause

Question 9

Douse

Answer 9

drench with liquid

Question 10

Dispatch

Answer 10

to send out for a purpose

Question 11

Apparel

Answer 11

to dress up

Question 12

Compress

Answer 12

to make smaller

Question 13

Billows

Answer 13

ocean waves

Question 14

Constrain

Answer 14

to hold back

Question 15

Bigot

Answer 15

narrow minded

Question 16

Designate

Answer 16

to choose

Question 17

Gloat

Answer 17

boast or brag

Question 18

Petty

Answer 18

unimportant

Question 19

Reverie

Answer 19

daydream

Question 20

Eerie

Answer 20

weird of mysterious

Question 21

What are the Four Types of Sentences?

Answer 21

1. Imperative
2. Interrogative
3. Exclamatory
4. Declarative

Question 22

What is an imperative sentence?

Answer 22

gives a command and ends with a period.

Question 23

What is an exclamatory sentence?

Answer 23

shows emotion and ends with a exclamation mark.

Question 24

What is an interrogative sentence?

Answer 24

asks a question and ends with a question mark

Question 25

What is a declarative

sentence?

Answer 25

tells a statement and ends with a period.

Question 26

What are the Capitalization Rules?

Answer 26

1. the first word of a quote.
2. the first word of a sentence.
3. the names of holidays, days of the week, and months of the year.
4. Cities and states.
5. the names of specific groups, people, and places.

Question 27

What are the Comma rules?

Answer 27

Commas:

1. place a comma between the city and state.
2. place a comma before and after the state in the middle of a sentence.

Question 28

What is the Quotation rule?

Answer 28

Use quotation marks before and after a direct quote.

Question 29

What is the period rule?

Answer 29

In the abbreviations of many well organizations, periods are not required.
(USA, AT&T, AM, FM)

Question 30

Name the 5 parts of a sentence.

Answer 30

Subject, verb, complete thought, end mark, capital letter.

Question 31

What 2 questions do you ask to find a subject noun?

Answer 31

1. Who?

2. What?

Question 32

What question do you ask to find a verb?

Answer 32

What did___(he, she, they, etc)—do?

Question 33

What are the Linking Verbs?

Answer 33

am, is, are, was, were

Question 34

What are the Helping Verbs?

Question 35

What is a prepositional phrase?

Answer 35

(POP phrase) start with a preposition and end with object (noun) of the preposition.