Quarterly 1

Question 1

Absolute

Answer 1

Noun aspect/part modifier

Question 2

Periodic sentence

Answer 2

Modifiers before base sentence (TRUMPS LOOSE SENTENCE)

Question 3

Loose sentence

Answer 3

Base sentence first, modifiers follow

Question 4

Satire

Answer 4

Like a parody, to make sport of, not necessarily in a negative way

Question 5

Preposition

Answer 5

Words that indicate time or location, usually found in phrases, expressed in the following pattern:
Simple prepositional phrase constructions typically “cap off” a complete thought, the complement to the sentence
NEVER ENDS A SENTENCE

Question 6

Prepositions to the tune of Yankee Doodle

Answer 6

About above across after among around
At/by before behind beside between beyond down
During except for from inside into of
On out over/through to under with upon

Question 7

Participial phrase

Answer 7

An adjective phrase used to modify a noun or pronoun; it includes the participle together with its modifiers, objects, or predicate words; present tense ALWAYS ends in -ing, but past perfect and passive perfect endings may vary

Question 8

Antimetabole

Answer 8

Reverse parallelism; reverse parallel structure

Ex. Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country

Question 9

Offset adjective

Answer 9

Set to the side, kept separate from main clause

Ex. Cruel, the gardeners creative ruse…

Question 10

Metonymy

Answer 10

A figure of speech in which a thing or concept is not called by its own name, but by the name of something intimately associated with that thing or concept
Like synecdoche;
Detroit is still hard at work in an SUV.
Detroit is the metonymy
The White House asked the TV network for airtime
The White House is the metonymy

Question 11

Appositive

Answer 11

Noun substitute phrase