Test 5 Flashcards
List the 5 essential comma spots
Items in a series Comma error spots Comma after an introductory phrase or clause Interrupters Dates, locations, and titles
List the eight parts of speech and describe what they are
Noun-person, place, thing, or idea
Vern-action verb
Pronoun-used in place of one or more nouns
Adverb-modifies a verb
Adjective- modifies a noun or pronoun
Preposition- a word or set of words that shows a relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word
Conjunction- connects words or a group of words
Interjection- a word that expresses strong feeling or emotion
Noun or pronoun that receives the action of a verb or shows the result
Direct object
Precedes the direct object and tells for whom or to whole the verb’s action is done
Indirect object
Noun that follows a linking verb and restates or stands for the subject
Predicate nominative
Adjectives that follow a linking verb that restates or stands for the subject
Predicate adjectives
3000-50 BC
Ancient Egypt
1200 BC
Odysseus and Troy
700 BC
Homer
600-300 BC
Ancient Greece
500 BC- 500 AD
Ancient Rome
300 AD-1300
Middle Ages
1300-1650
Renaissance and reformation
1492
Columbus
1564-1616
William Shakespeare