English

Question 1

alliteration

Answer 1

the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words

Question 2

simile,

Answer 2

comparison using like or as

Question 3

metaphor

Answer 3

comparison without using like or as

Question 4

free verse

Answer 4

a form of poetry that doesn’t adhere to strict rules of rhyme or meter

Question 5

personification

Answer 5

the attribution of a personal nature or human characteristics to something nonhuman, or the representation of an abstract quality in human form

Question 6

stanza

Answer 6

a group of lines forming the basic recurring metrical unit in a poem; a verse.

Question 7

end rhyme

Answer 7

when the last syllables within a verse rhyme

Question 8

rhyme scheme

Answer 8

the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

Question 9

repetition

Answer 9

the action of repeating something that has already been said or written.

Question 10

imagery

Answer 10

intense detail

Question 11

subject

Answer 11

the person, place, or thing that is performing the action of the sentence

Question 12

predicate

Answer 12

the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject

Question 13

run-on sentience

Answer 13

error that occurs when two or more independent clauses are improperly joined together without proper punctuation or conjunctions

Question 14

sentience fragment

Answer 14

words that appears like a sentence but is incomplete because it’s missing a subject, verb, or both, or it doesn’t express a full idea

Question 15

appositive phrases

Answer 15

words that renames or clarifies a noun or noun phrase, providing additional information about it

Question 16

simple sentence

Answer 16

a sentence consisting of only one clause, with a single subject and predicate.

Question 17

complex sentence

Answer 17

combines an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses

Question 18

dependent clause

Answer 18

a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought on its own

Question 19

independent clause

Answer 19

a group of words containing both a subject and a verb that can stand alone as a complete sentence, expressing a complete thought

Question 20

clauses

Answer 20

consist of a subject and predicate.

Question 21

interrogative sentence

Answer 21

a sentence that asks a question and always ends with a question mark

Question 22

imperative sentence

Answer 22

a type of sentence that expresses a direct command, request, or instruction

Question 23

declarative sentence

Answer 23

makes a statement or conveys information

Question 24

exclamatory sentence

Answer 24

a forceful statement and is typically punctuated with an exclamation mark

Question 25

sentence fragments

Answer 25

a group of words that looks like a sentence but isn't, because it's missing a subject, a verb, or it doesn't express a complete thought

Question 26

context clues

Answer 26

hints within a text that help readers understand the meaning of unfamiliar words or phrases

Question 27

connotation

Answer 27

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning

Question 28

denotation

Answer 28

the literal or primary meaning of a word, in contrast to the feelings or ideas that the word suggests.

Question 29

figurative

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departing from a literal use of words; metaphorical

Question 30

literal

Answer 30

taking words in their usual or most basic sense without metaphor or allegory

Question 31

affix

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an additional element placed at the beginning or end of a root, stem, or word, or in the body of a word, to modify its meaning.

Question 32

prefix

Answer 32

a word, letter, or number placed before another.

Question 33

suffix

Answer 33

a groop of words that go after the base word changeing the word

Question 34

antonym

Answer 34

a word opposite in meaning

Question 35

synonym

Answer 35

a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase