English midterm

Question 1

A noun or pronoun that tells who or what the sentence is about.

Answer 1

Subject

Question 2

A verb that works with the subject to make a complete sentence; may be an action verb or linking verb.

Answer 2

Predicate

Question 3

A word that joins 2 equal parts together (word, phrases, sentences)

Answer 3

Conjunction

Question 4

7 conjunctions

Answer 4

Abfonsy

Question 5

What 2 parts do u need to make a complete sentence.

Answer 5

Subject and predicate

Question 6

How many sentences are needed to make a compound sentence ?

Answer 6

2

Question 7

How do u make a complex sentence.

Answer 7

Add a subordinate clause to a simple sentence.

Question 8

When more than 2 sentences are joined what is it called.(incorrect)

Answer 8

Run on

Question 9

What is made when either or both a subject/ and or a predicate is missing from a sentence.

Answer 9

Fragment

Question 10

The name of a work of literature, film, or show.

Answer 10

Title

Question 11

Writer of a literary work

Answer 11

Author

Question 12

Person who writes the poem

Answer 12

Poet

Question 13

Speaker in a story

Answer 13

Narrator

Question 14

Imaginary voice assumed by the poet.

Answer 14

Speaker

Question 15

Giving human traits to any non-human object or Animal

Answer 15

Personification

Question 16

Intentional exaggeration for the purpose of emphasis or humor

Answer 16

Hyperbole

Question 17

And expression where the definition of the individual words do not add up to the meaning of the expression

Answer 17

Idiom

Question 18

Comparison of two or more things through the use of like or as

Answer 18

Simile

Question 19

A comparison of two or more things without using like or as

Answer 19

Metaphor

Question 20

Writing that uses the five senses

Answer 20

Imagery

Question 21

The act of using a symbol to give a story deeper meaning

Answer 21

Symbolism

Question 22

Group of people for whom a literary work is intended

Answer 22

Audience

Question 23

Time and place in a literary work

Answer 23

Setting

Question 24

The problem in the story

Answer 24

Conflict

Question 25

Man vs. Man (nature, machine, unknown, society)

Answer 25

external conflict

Question 26

Man vs. himself (his body, his mind, his emotion)

Answer 26

Internal conflict

Question 27

Feeling created in the reader by a literary work

Answer 27

Mood

Question 28

Writers attitude toward his or her audience and writing subject

Answer 28

Tone

Question 29

Meaning, message, moral.

Answer 29

Theme

Question 30

What should a theme be

Answer 30

Short and general

Question 31

Modern poem type that does not have to rhyme or have a certain number of lines

Answer 31

Free verse

Question 32

How many lines does a sonnet have

Answer 32

14

Question 33

What type of poem is really long. As long as a novel and has a hero who goes on an adventure.

Answer 33

Epic poem

Question 34

The repitition of the beginning consonant sound on purpose by the poet

Answer 34

Alliteration

Question 35

Words used to show sounds in a poem in order to add effect.

Answer 35

Onomatopoeia

Question 36

The regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem, which is determined by using the last word in each line

Answer 36

Rhyme scheme

Question 37

Chooses audience / style & brainstorm

Answer 37

Prewrite

Question 38

Write out your essay ; first copy

Answer 38

Draft

Question 39

Fix the focus, style, content, and organization

Answer 39

Revise

Question 40

Fix spelling and grammar mistakes ; conventions

Answer 40

Proofread

Question 41

Share what you wrote

Answer 41

Publish

Question 42

A group of sentences that work together to express a single idea

Answer 42

Paragraph

Question 43

Present the idea of the paragraph

Answer 43

Topic sentence

Question 44

Examples, reasons, quotes, ideas

Answer 44

Supporting Sentences

Question 45

Recaps your paragraph ; wraps up ideas

Answer 45

Conclusion sentence

Question 46

Attention grabber, bridge, thesis statement

Answer 46

Introductory paragraph

Question 47

Supporting paragraphs

Answer 47

Body

Question 48

Restate the thesis, restate points, reconnect to the attention grabber.

Answer 48

Conclusion Paragraph

Question 49

A sense of togetherness is a piece of writing. The essay is not choppy and ideas make sense together.

Answer 49

Unity

Question 50

How does a writer achieve unity

Answer 50

Transition words, phrases, and sentences

Question 51

Writing that prevents information and research in order to provide evidence for a claim (persons opinion)

Answer 51

Argumentative writing

Question 52

Writing that tells a story

Answer 52

Narrative writing

Question 53

Writing that presents a clear picture by using imagery (sensory details) and spatial order (left, right, up, done,near, far, top, bottom).

Answer 53

Descriptive writing

Question 54

Writing that presents facts, directions, or defined terms without any opinions

Answer 54

Informative writing

Question 55

Sharp, distinct controlling point made about a single topic with evident awareness of a task.

Answer 55

Focus

Question 56

Substantial, specific content demonstrating strong development and sophisticated ideas.

Answer 56

Content

Question 57

Sophisticated arrangement of content with transitions

Answer 57

Organization

Question 58

Precise, illustrativeuse of a variety of words and sentence structures to create a consistent writers voice and tone appropriate to the audience

Answer 58

Style

Question 59

Evident control of grammar, mechanics, spelling, usage, sentence formation

Answer 59

Conventions

Question 60

A statement in argumentative writing that states the opposing argument and then attempts to disprove it

Answer 60

Concession

Question 61

3 types of sentences

Answer 61

Simple sentences Complex sentences Compound sentences

Question 62

A word that describes a noun or pronoun

Answer 62

Adjective