English Midterm Flashcards
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admonish
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to caution or advise against something; to scold mildly; to remind of a duty
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breach
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an opening, gap, rupture, rift, a violation or infraction: to create an opening, break through
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brigand
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a bandit, robber, outlaw, highwayman
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circumspect
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careful, caution
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commandeer
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to seize for military or official use
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cumbersome
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clumsy, hard to handle; slow-moving
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deadlock
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a standstill resulting from the opposition of two equal forces of faction; to bring to such a standstill
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debris
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scattered fragments, wreckage
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diffuse
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to spread or scatter freely or widely; wordy, long-winded, or unfocused; scattered or widely spread
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dilemma
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a difficult or perplexing situation or problem
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efface
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to wipe out; to keep oneself from being noticed
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muddle
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to make a mess of; muddle through; to get by; a hopeless mess
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opinionated
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stubborn and often unreasonable in holding to one’s own ideas. having a closed mind BRADLEY
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perennial
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lasting for a long time, persistent, a plant that lives for many yeears
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predispose
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to incline to beforehand
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relinquish
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to let go, give up
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salvage
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to save from fire or shipwreck. property thus saved
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spasmodic
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sudden and violent but brief; fitful; intermittent
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spurious
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not genuine, not true, not valid
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unbridled
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uncontrolled, lacking in restraint
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adjorn
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to stop proceedings temporarily; move to another place
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alien
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a citizen of another country; foreign, strange
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comely
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having a pleasing appearance
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compensate
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to make up for; to repay for services
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dissolute
loose in one's morals or behavior
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erratic
not regular or consistent; different from what is ordinarily expected; undependable
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expulsion
the process of driving or forcing out
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feint
a deliberately deceptive movement; a pretense; to make a deceptive movement; to make a pretense of
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fodder
food for horses or cattle; raw material for a designated purpose
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fortify
to strengthen, build up
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illegible
difficult or impossible to read
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jeer
to make fun of rudely or unkindly; a rude remark of derision
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lucrative
bringing in money; profitable
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mediocre
average, ordinary, undistinguished
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proliferate
to reproduce, increase, or spread rapidly
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subjugate
to conquer by force, bring under complete control
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sully
to soil, stain, tarnish, defile, besmirch
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tantalize
to tease, torment by teasing
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terse
brief and to the point
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unflinching
firm, showing no signs of fear, not drawing back
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What is a linking verb? Give examples.
Can stand alone in a sentence. Am, is, are, was, were, be....
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What is a verb?
A verb expresses action or a state of being
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What are three types of verbs?
Action verbs, linking verbs, helping verbs
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What is a helping verb? Give examples.
A helping verb is always HELPING either an action verb or linking verb. It cannot stand alone In a sentence.
Do, does, did, am, is, are, was, were, be, been, would
I will play the piano (helping verb and action verb)
I will be a teacher (helping verb and linking verb)
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Is NOT a verb?
Noooooooo
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Identify verb types in these verb phrases:
Should go - should (helping/auxiliary) go (main verb)
Has been given - has been (helping/auxiliary verb) given (main)
Will be leaving - will be (helping/auxiliary verb) leaving (main )
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In what kinds of sentence can verb phrases be broken apart?
| HAVE my jeans BEEN WASHED?
Interrogative/question sentence
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In what kind of sentence are verb phrases kept together?
| The window MUST HAVE BEEN BROKEN.
Declarative/statements
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List some common prepositions.
About, above, behind, below, between, down, during, except, for, from, in, like, of, on, over, past, since, to, toward, under, until, up, with, within
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What is figurative language?
A way of saying something other than using the literal meaning of the words.
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Name the types of figurative language.
Personification, metaphor, simile, alliteration, oxymoron, imagery, symbolism, assonance, consonance, repetition, onomatopoeia, hyperbole
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Give example of a figure of speech
"Rocked back and forth like an empty cradle" - simile from Scarlet Ibis
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What is plot?
The sequence of events in a story.
| Plot is composed of introduction/exposition, rising action, climax, falling action,resolution
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Give an example of part of a plot.
"Although the villagers had forgotten the ritual and lost the original black box, they still remembered to use the stones." Climax-The Lottery
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What is setting? Give example.
Time and place that story takes place. Ex: 9 o'clock in the evening in the bath The Landlady
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What is point of view? 1st 2nd 3rd?
Who is telling the story
1st- author is talking
2nd?
3rd- author is talking about characters
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Give an example of a short story and what person it is told in.
Love is told in the 3rd person
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What are tone/mood?
The attitude or feeling of the story
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Give an example of the tone/mood of one of your short stories
The Scarlet Ibis had a depressing tone
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What is conflict?
The problem of the story
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Give an example of conflict from your short stories
The Lottery - the conflict was man vs. the group
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What is foreshadowing?
Writers use of hints or clues to indicate events or situations that will occur later.
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Give an example of foreshadowing?
"I stuff all of my little pets when they pass away." The Landlady
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What is universal theme?
Main idea such as love as in the short story Love
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What is irony?
When reality is the opposite of what it seems
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Give an example of irony in a short story you've read
"Renaming my brother was perhaps the kindest thing I ever did for him because nobody expects much from someone called Doodle."
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What three types of irony are there?
Situational, dramatic, verbal
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What is characterization and what two types are there?
It is how you describe the character(s). Two types are direct and indirect
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Give an example of characterization in one of your novels
Indirect characterization in Of Mice and Men: Steinbeck doesn't say that Lennie is mentally challenged but from things he says and does in the story, you can figure it out
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What is diction?
Diction is the authors choice of words.
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Give an example of diction.
"Cross their hearts and hope to die" Scarlet Ibis
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What is an introduction/broad statement in a writing piece?
It is the
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What is the definition of thesis statement in a writing piece and where do you find it in a piece?
It is
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What are transition words or phrases and where do you find them?
They are
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What is MLA format and what is it used for?
Headings-
In-text citations-
Quotation citations-
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What quotes will you use to support your essay about Of Mice and Men.
"
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What three map points will you use for your essay?
1. Lennie was part of the dream
2. Why he couldn't go on without Lennie
3. What George's life would have bee like without Lennie.
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What is a common noun?
A noun usually preceded by "the"- represents one or all members of a CLASS of things. (The cat, the cats) includes subgroups of concrete and abstract nouns)
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What is a concrete noun?
It refers to things that exist physically. Tangible objects. Person, place or thing. Cat, house etc
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What is an abstract noun.
It refers to something you can't physically interact with. Intangible "concepts" like love. Ex: " Send them my love." You can really send love.
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What is a proper noun?
They Name Specific entities such as London, Jupiter, Starbucks.
Start with capital letter
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What is a collective noun?
Collective nouns denote a group as a single entity (can be people , animals, objects, concepts)
Ex: the army, band, cast, committee
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What is a plural noun?
Nouns with "s" added to them to indicate more than one: boys, books, boxes
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What is a singular noun?
When a noun means only ONE of something: box, boy, book
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What is a prepositional phrase?
A phrase that usually starts with a preposition and ends with a noun or clause which is its object. It might have a modifier also.
Ex: " From (preposition) my (modifier) grandmother ( noun)
