Kevin’s Card about Grammar 3

Question 1

Prepositional Phrase Definition

Answer 1

A group of words that begins with a preposition (such as above, beyond, beside, up), ends with a noun or a pronoun, and is used as an adjective or adverb

Question 2

What are the 2 types of prepositional phrases

Answer 2

Adjective phrase and Adverb phrase

Question 3

Adjective Phrase Definition

Answer 3

A prepositional phrase that modifies a noun or pronoun

Question 4

Adverb Phrase Definition

Answer 4

A prepositional phrase that is used mainly to modify a verb

Question 5

Is an appositive phrase a prepositional phrase

Answer 5

No

Question 6

Appositive Phrase Definition

Answer 6

A noun or pronoun that identifies or explains another noun or pronoun in a sentence

Question 7

Infinitive Definition

Answer 7

Verb form that usually begins with to; used as a noun, adjective, or adverb

Question 8

Infinitive Phrase Definition

Answer 8

An infinitive with its modifiers and complements working together as a noun, adjective, or adverb

Question 9

Participle Phrase Definition

Answer 9

A participle joined with related words

Question 10

Participle Definition

Answer 10

A verb form that is used as an adjective

Question 11

Verbal Definition

Answer 11

A form of a verb that is used as another part of speech

Question 12

Spatial Order Definition

Answer 12

Organizational pattern in which details are arranged according to place

Question 13

Order of Importance Definition

Answer 13

Organizational pattern in which details are presented from least important to most important or from most to least

Question 14

Logical Order Definition

Answer 14

Organizational pattern in which details are grouped together such as in comparison and contrast, where the similarities are grouped together

Question 15

Clarity Definition

Answer 15

When writing has clarity, the author has taken care to a make it readable by using appropriate vocabulary and grammatically correct sentences. Clear writing is direct to the point

Question 16

Unity Definition

Answer 16

Unity is when all of an essay’s paragraphs help support the thesis

Question 17

Development Definition

Answer 17

Development isn’t present if questions are still to be answered and goes with clarity

Question 18

Coherence Definition

Answer 18

Coherence refers to a smooth flow of ideas in paragraph that can be easily understood by the reader and is connected with unity

Question 19

What are the 3 main types of irony in literature

Answer 19

Situational, Dramatic, and Verbal Irony

Question 20

Situational Irony Definition

Answer 20

The term situational irony can be applied to moments in which what is expected to happen and what actually happens are very different

Question 21

Dramatic Irony Definition

Answer 21

Dramatic irony occurs when readers or viewers know more about the events in the story than the characters living through them. It results in audiences having a better, fuller understanding of character’s words and actions than the characters themselves

Question 22

Verbal Irony Definition

Answer 22

Verbal irony refers to the contradiction between what is said and what is meant. Verbal irony is often used to inject humor or poke at a situation (sarcasm)

Question 23

Why do writers use Situational Irony

Answer 23

Writers use situational irony because by surprising the reader and subverting their expectations, situational irony can force readers to examine ideas and attitudes they might take for granted

Question 24

Where is Dramatic Irony typically found

Answer 24

In texts, plays, and movies

Question 25

Dramatic Irony allows readers to do what

Answer 25

Allows readers and audiences to fully grasp the problems characters face and the meanings of texts and films. It can build our sympathy or our antipathy for characters

Question 26

Phrase Traits

Answer 26

• A phrase adds additional information to a sentence, making the sentence more details, interesting, or clear
• A phrase cannot stand alone as a sentence
• A phrase can contain either a noun or a verb, but not both

Question 27

Clause Traits

Answer 27

• A clause is a group of words with both a subject and predicate
• A clause can sometimes stand alone as a sentence
• A clause is often part of a larger sentence

Question 28

Independent Clause Traits

Answer 28

• They express a complete thought

- They can stand on their own as sentences

Question 29

Subordinate Clause Traits

Answer 29

• They don’t express a complete thought

- They must be connected to an independant clause

Question 30

What type of clause is an adverb clause

Answer 30

Subordinate Clause

Question 31

What are examples of Subordinating Conjunctions

Answer 31

After, as if, as soon as, before, however, since, so that, unless, when, and while

Question 32

Allusion Definition

Answer 32

A reference to a familiar literary or historical person or event, used to make an idea more easily understood

Question 33

What type of clause is an adjective clause

Answer 33

Subordinate Clause

Question 34

Adjective Clause Definition

Answer 34

Subordinate clauses that modify noun and pronouns and begin with a relative pronoun

Question 35

Relative Pronoun Examples

Answer 35

Who, whom, whose, which, or that

Question 36

Complex Sentence Definition

Answer 36

A complex sentence contains one independent clause and one subordinate clause

Question 37

Complex Compound Sentence Definition

Answer 37

A Compound Complex Sentence contains at least 2 independent clauses and 1 or more subordinating clauses

Question 38

Drama is written to be what

Answer 38

Acted out

Question 39

The resolution is apart of what

Answer 39

The falling action

Question 40

The language, organization, and structure of the story all help build what

Answer 40

The final ironic ending