Final Review

Question 1

Apostrophes

Answer 1

used to indicate either possession or the omission of letters or numbers

Question 2

plurals

Answer 2

more than one,plural form of most nouns is made by adding an es or s to the end of a word

Question 3

long works

Answer 3

a text that is long like a title of a book,play,television show. A LONG work gets a LONG underline to show it is a published work

Question 4

short works

Answer 4

a text that is short like the title of the short story,the title of a poem or the title of a newspaper article.A short work gets SHORT quotation marks around the title to show it is a published work

Question 5

CQPQ

Answer 5

The order of writing things for a quote. Comma, open quotes, punctuation,close quotes.

Question 6

PVLEGS

Answer 6

poise,voice,life,eye contact,gestures,speed

Question 7

TAG

Answer 7

title,author,genre

Question 8

exposition

Answer 8

background info is established(ex.characters,conflict setting)

Question 9

rising action

Answer 9

the important events that happen before the climax.This is where characters attempt to solve the problem but dont.

Question 10

climax

Answer 10

the turning point in the story where the main characters face a major decision.Things will never be the same for this character again

Question 11

falling action

Answer 11

the events that take place after the climax

Question 12

resolution

Answer 12

the end of the story where conflicts or problems are resolved

Question 13

thesis

Answer 13

statement that tells the reader what the writing piece is about

Question 14

What is in an intro paragraph

Answer 14

hook,bridge,thesis

Question 15

What is in a conclusion

Answer 15

restate thesis,summarize,drop the mic

Question 16

theme

Answer 16

the subject or message of the story

Question 17

allieration

Answer 17

repetition of a consonant sound at the beginning of a word

Question 18

assonance

Answer 18

repetition of a vowel sounds anywhere in neighboring words(ex.Elephants eat egg plants)

Question 19

allusion

Answer 19

a reference to someone or something famous

Question 20

personification

Answer 20

giving human characteristics to non living animals

Question 21

metaphor

Answer 21

a comparison where the writer says something IS something else

Question 22

similie

Answer 22

a comparison using like or as

Question 23

hyperbole

Answer 23

extreme exaggeration

Question 24

consonance

Answer 24

the repetition of a consonant sound anywhere in neighboring words

Question 25

subject

Answer 25

who or what the sentence is about

Question 26

simple subject

Answer 26

one subject

Question 27

compound subject

Answer 27

more than one subject

Question 28

predicate

Answer 28

the action in the sentence .the part that expresses what the subject is doing

Question 29

What are the building blocks of a sentance

Answer 29

subject and predicate

Question 30

conjunction

Answer 30

part of speech that links together words and phrases

Question 31

independant clause

Answer 31

a group of words that form a sentance.one subject one predicate

Question 32

dependant clause

Answer 32

group of words that contain a subject/predicate that do no form a complete thought/sentance

Question 33

fragment

Answer 33

a group of words that form an incomplete thought.dependant clauses

Question 34

marker words

Answer 34

after although as because before even if even though in order to once since though unless untill when whenever

Question 35

FANBOYS

Answer 35

for,and,nor,but,yet,so