Grammar 10 & 11 2024-2025

Question 1

What are the four uses for commas?

Answer 1

To separate items in a list, after introductory phrases or clauses, with coordinating conjunctions, to set of nonessential information

Question 2

How do you use apostrophes to indicate possession with singular nouns?

Answer 2

’s

Question 3

How do you use apostrophes to indicate possession with most plural nouns?

Answer 3

s’

Question 4

How do you use apostrophes to indicate possession with irregular nouns?

Answer 4

’s

Question 5

What are semicolons used for?

Answer 5

Link closely related independent clauses with a conjunction
In lists when the items already contain commas

Question 6

What are colons used for?

Answer 6

Introduce a list, a quotation, or an explanation

Question 7

What is the main rule for colons?

Answer 7

They must come after a complete sentence

Question 8

What are dashes used for

Answer 8

For emphasis or to set of nonessential information
Introducing a list or explanation

Question 9

What are parentheses used for?

Answer 9

Additional information or side notes without disrupting the flow

Question 10

What are run ons?

Answer 10

Independent clauses joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions

Question 11

What are fragments?

Answer 11

Incomplete sentences without a subject or a verb

Question 12

What are quotation marks used for?

Answer 12

Enclose direct speech or quotations

Question 13

Where should punctuation be used relative to quotation marks?

Answer 13

Periods and commas inside the quotation marks, question marks and exclamation points go inside only if they’re part of the quoted material

Question 14

Alliteration

Answer 14

A series of words that begin with the same consonant sound

Question 15

Allusion

Answer 15

A reference to a famous figure, text, or event

Question 16

Anaphora

Answer 16

The repetition of words or phrases often with a slight variation

Question 17

Hyperbole

Answer 17

Using extreme exaggeration for emphasis

Question 18

Idiom

Answer 18

A well known expression that doesn’t mean literally what it says; cannot be understood simply by looking at the meaning of the individual words in the phrase

Question 19

Imagery

Answer 19

Descriptive language that appeals to the five senses

Question 20

Irony

Answer 20

Verbal: sarcasm
Dramatic: a secret only the audience knows
Situational: When the opposite of what one would expect happens

Question 21

Metaphor

Answer 21

Compares two things by stating one thing is another

Question 22

Onomatopoeia

Answer 22

A word that sounds like what it describes

Question 23

Oxymoron

Answer 23

Two words with opposite meanings coming together

Question 24

Personification

Answer 24

Giving human attributes to nonhuman things

Question 25

Pun

Answer 25

(usually humorous) play on words

Question 26

Simile

Answer 26

Compares two things using like or as

Question 27

Symbolism

Answer 27

Representing an idea through an image, object, action, or character

Question 28

List all 14 types of figurative language

Answer 28

Alliteration, allusion, anaphora, hyperbole, idiom, imagery, irony (verbal, dramatic, situational), metaphor, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, personification, pun, simile, symbolism