8th LA Test 1-2

Question 1

a subject that is an adjective

Answer 1

predicate adjective

Question 2

a word that that modifies a noun or pronoun

Answer 2

adjective

Question 3

verb form acting as a different part of speech

Answer 3

verbal

Question 4

a word that modifies a verb, adjective, or an adverb

Answer 4

adverb

Question 5

a phrase created by a verbal

Answer 5

verbal phrase

Question 6

a verb that links the subject to a subject complement

Answer 6

linking

Question 7

a verb form (present or past tense) acting as an adjective

Answer 7

participle

Question 8

part of the writing process in which one changes ideas or the order of ideas in a document

Answer 8

revising

Question 9

a phrase created by a gerund

Answer 9

gerund phrase

Question 10

a phrase created by an infinitive

Answer 10

infinitive phrase

Question 11

a name used for an individual person, place, or organization, spelled with initial capital letters

Answer 11

proper noun

Question 12

an action verb used with a direct object

Answer 12

transitive verb

Question 13

a noun that denotes a group of individuals

Answer 13

collective noun

Question 14

an adjective phrase constructed from a participle

Answer 14

participial phrase

Question 15

the logic, the words, and the reasons one uses in an argument

Answer 15

logos

Question 16

the act of seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, or touching something

Answer 16

sense perception

Question 17

a group of related words that is used as a single part of speech and does not contain a verb and its subject

Answer 17

phrase

Question 18

moving through stages of writing a document

Answer 18

the writing process

Question 19

the act of planning a document

Answer 19

prewriting

Question 20

a sentence that gives a command

Answer 20

imperative sentence

Question 21

a verb form usually beginning with “to” that is used as a noun, an adjective, or an adverb

Answer 21

infinitive

Question 22

a group of words that begins with a preposition and usually ends with a noun or pronoun

Answer 22

prepositional phrase

Question 23

a word that shows emotion

Answer 23

interjection

Question 24

a word that shows action or state of being

Answer 24

verb

Question 25

The two branches of logic are called Formal (minor) logic and _____________ logic.

Answer 25

Material (major)

Question 26

a word that replaces a noun

Answer 26

pronoun

Question 27

a verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun

Answer 27

gerund

Question 28

part of the writing process in which one puts ideas into words

Answer 28

drafting

Question 29

the part about which something is being said in a sentence

Answer 29

subject

Question 30

the act by which the mind grasps the concept or general meaning of an object without affirming or denying anything about it

Answer 30

simple apprehension

Question 31

the overall reason for the text

Answer 31

the author's purpose

Question 32

a subject complement that is a noun or pronoun

Answer 32

predicate nominative

Question 33

a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses

Answer 33

conjunction

Question 34

a noun or pronoun that precedes the direct object and tells to whom or what or for whom or what the action is done

Answer 34

indirect object

Question 35

a ___________ sentence makes a statement

Answer 35

declarative

Question 36

a noun or pronoun that receives the action of the verb

Answer 36

direct object

Question 37

part of the writing process in which one corrects grammar and mechanics in a document

Answer 37

editing

Question 38

a simple predicate that has more than one word (helping verb + verb)

Answer 38

verb phrase

Question 39

a word that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence

Answer 39

preposition

Question 40

an action verb that does not have a direct object

Answer 40

intransitive verb

Question 41

refers to your character, ethics, and your believability when you speak

Answer 41

ethos

Question 42

A _________ noun names a particular person, place, or thing (must be capitalized)

Answer 42

proper

Question 43

_____________________ is concerned with the content of argumentation (deals with the truth of terms and propositions in an argument)

Answer 43

Material or Major logic

Question 44

an understanding of an object once it has been abstracted

Answer 44

concept

Question 45

the process of reducing an object to an intellectual concept

Answer 45

abstraction

Question 46

an _______________ sentence asks a question

Answer 46

interrogative

Question 47

the image of an object formed in the mind as a result of sense perception of that object

Answer 47

mental image

Question 48

an _______________ sentence expresses strong feeling

Answer 48

exclamatory

Question 49

the person for whom a writer writes

Answer 49

audience

Question 50

a _______________ ________________ consists of two or more connected subjects that have the same verb

Answer 50

compound subject

Question 51

the completely articulated sum of the intelligible aspects, or elements (or notes) represented by a concept

Answer 51

comprehension

Question 52

the emotional content of your presentation

Answer 52

pathos

Question 53

the function of a word with a sentence

Answer 53

part of speech

Question 54

Sentence or Not: Dogs running through the yard.

Answer 54

not a sentence

Question 55

Sentence or Not: Jane tired.

Answer 55

not a sentence

Question 56

Sentence or Not: Over the fence.

Answer 56

not a sentence

Question 57

Type of sentence: The Washington Monument is in D.C.

Answer 57

declarative

Question 58

Type of sentence: Yay!

Answer 58

exclamatory

Question 59

Type of sentence: Where is the bakery?

Answer 59

interrogative

Question 60

Mental Act: simple apprehension, judgment, ______________ _______________.

Answer 60

deductive inference

Question 61

Verbal Expression: Term, ______________ ____ ___________, syllogism or argument

Answer 61

proposition or statement

Question 62

List the comprehension: peach tree

Answer 62

non-sentient, living, material

Question 63

List the comprehension: goose

Answer 63

non-rational, sentient, living, material

Question 64

Univocal or equivocal: They removed the giant rock./ The man likes to rock in his chair.

Answer 64

equivocal

Question 65

Univocal or equivocal: He filled the pitcher with juice./ The pitcher sat in the dugout.

Answer 65

equivocal

Question 66

Univocal or equivocal: Some windows are glass. / The sun came in through the front windows.

Answer 66

univocal

Question 67

What is the extension of man?

Answer 67

every man that was, is, or will be

Question 68

horse, daisies, emerald- which one belongs to the extension of living?

Answer 68

horse, daisies

Question 69

horse, daisies, emerald- which one belongs to the extension of sentient?

Answer 69

horse

Question 70

List the supposition of horses: Some horses are wild.

Answer 70

logical

Question 71

List the supposition of man: Man is rational.

Answer 71

logical

Question 72

List the supposition of rivers: Rivers has two syllables.

Answer 72

verbal or material