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Second Formative: Unit 1 Flashcards

1
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Tells whom or what a sentence is about

A

the subject

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2
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The subject of a sentence is always what part of speech?

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noun

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3
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What is a noun?

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A person, place, or thing

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4
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What is the difference between a common noun and proper noun?

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a common noun names a generic person, place, or thing
a proper noun names a specific person, place or thing

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5
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Tells what the subject is or does in a sentence

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the predicate

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6
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The predicate always includes what part of speech?

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a verb

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7
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What is a linking verb?

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a verb that does not express an action

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8
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What are examples of linking verbs?

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am, is, was, were, be, been

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9
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What is the subject in this sentence?
The leaf flutters softly to the ground.

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leaf

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10
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What is the predicate in this sentence?
The leaf flutters softly to the ground.

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flutters softly to the ground

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What is the verb in this sentence? Is it an action verb or linking verb?
The leaf flutters softly to the ground.

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flutters
Action

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12
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What is the predicate in this sentence?
The dog was exhausted after his walk.

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was exhausted after his walk

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13
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What is the subject in this sentence?
The dog was exhausted after his walk.

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dog

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14
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What is the verb in this sentence? Is it an action verb or linking verb?
The dog was exhausted after his walk.

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was
linking

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15
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What is a pronoun?

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words that take place of a noun

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16
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What is the pronoun in this sentence? What word is it taking the place of?
I saw mom and she looks pretty today!

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she
mom

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17
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What is the pronoun in this sentence?
I bought a guitar and played it all day?

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it
guitar

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18
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What are two forms of pronouns?

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subjective pronouns and objective pronouns

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19
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What is a subjective pronoun?

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pronouns that are used as the subject of a sentence
(occurs BEFORE the verb)

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20
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What is a objective pronoun?

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pronouns that are used in the predicate of a sentence
(occurs AFTER the verb)

21
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What is the pronoun? Is it subjective or objective?
You must go see The Lion King.

A

You
subjective

22
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What is the pronoun? Is it subjective or objective?
Kevin took the girls with him.

A

him
objective

23
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What is a possessive pronoun?

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pronoun that shows ownership

24
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What are some examples of possessive pronouns?

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mine, his, its, yours, theirs

25
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What is “a creative process that uses language to create a response in the reader”?

A

poetry

26
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Poetry is made up of what two things….

A

lines and stanzas

27
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A group of lines is called…

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a stanza

28
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What is “language writers use to describe things they’ve seen or imagined.”

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sensory language

29
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What are used to give a piece of writing a certain “sound”?

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sound devices

30
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The repetition of consonants sounds in words that are close together.

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alliteration

31
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use of words that sound like their meaning

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onomatopoeia

32
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The repetition of accented vowel sounds

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rhyme

33
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What is a word or phrase used often by poets to draw attention to the word

A

repetition

34
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What is the use of imaginative comparisons to help you see the world in new ways?

A

figurative language

35
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What are the five types of figurative language?

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  1. Simile
  2. Idiom
  3. Metaphor
  4. Personification
  5. Hyperbole
36
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What is an expression that has a meaning that is different from the literal words?

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idiom

37
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What is a comparison between two unlike things that does not include the word like or ask?

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metaphor

38
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What is a description of an object, animal or idea as if it were human or had human qualities?

A

personification

39
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What is a figurative speech that uses exaggeration to create a special effect?

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hyperbole

40
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What is a message that the author really wants his or her audience to hear?

A

theme

41
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A theme has to apply to three things. What are those three things?

A
  1. Any person
  2. Any place
  3. Any time
42
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What are some examples of themes?

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  1. Love
  2. Friendship
  3. War
  4. Celebrating nature
43
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True or false a theme should be written as a complaint sentence?

A

True

44
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Which point of view is told by one of the characters and uses pronouns I, me, my, etc?

A

1st Person

45
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Which point of view is told by a narrator that is all knowing?

A

3rd Person Omniscient

46
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Which point of view is told using pronouns he, she, him, her, but is only from one characters perspective?

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3rd Person Limited

47
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What is a comparison between two unlike things that does include the word like or ask?

A

simile

48
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