english midterm

Question 1

connecting words, phrases, or sentences

Answer 1

conjunctions

Question 2

tells what the subject does

Answer 2

action verb

Question 3

tells what the subject is

Answer 3

linking verb

Question 4

2 or more subjects that share the same verb

Answer 4

compound subject

Question 5

2 or more verbs that have the same subject

Answer 5

compound verb

Question 6

unwritten subject of a command or imperative sentence

Answer 6

implied subject

Question 7

type of sentence where the subject comes after the verb

Answer 7

inverted sentence

Question 8

word or group of words that follows a linking verb that renames or describes the subject

Answer 8

subject complement

Question 9

follows the linking verb and defines or renames the subject

Answer 9

predicate noun

Question 10

follows a linking verb and describes a quality of the subject

Answer 10

predicate adjective

Question 11

comes before the pronoun. the word the pronoun refers to

Answer 11

antecedent

Question 12

replaces a noun or another pronoun

Answer 12

pronoun

Question 13

names a feeling, characteristic, concept, or idea

Answer 13

abstract noun

Question 14

names a group of people or things

Answer 14

collective noun

Question 15

two or more nouns working together as one word

Answer 15

compound noun

Question 16

object of the preposition

Answer 16

noun that ends a prepositional phrase

Question 17

direct object

Answer 17

receives the action verb

Question 18

indirect object

Answer 18

receives the direct object

Question 19

compound subject

Answer 19

two or more nouns acting as the subject

Question 20

demonstrative pronoun

Answer 20

this that these those

Question 21

interogative pronoun

Answer 21

question pronouns (who what when where why hoe etc)

Question 22

foreshadowing

Answer 22

the author pointing to whats coming next in the story

Question 23

inference

Answer 23

the reader makes an educated guess on what comes next

Question 24

legend

Answer 24

story based in myth and fact

Question 25

protagonist

Answer 25

main character in the story

Question 26

antagonist

Answer 26

person against the protagonist