Grammar

Question 0

Compound nouns

Answer 0

A noun consisting of more than one word

Example: social studies, thirty-three, schoolteacher

Question 1

Collective nouns

Answer 1

Names a group of people or things

Examples: nerds, class

Question 2

Common noun

Answer 2

Any person of thing

Example: pen, smiles

Question 3

Proper noun

Answer 3

Particular person, place or thing and begins with capital letter
Example: Marissa, Paris

Question 4

Personal pronouns

Answer 4

Refer to people and things. Divided into 3 categories:

1. First person: referring to person talking
2. Second person: referring to person bing spoken to
3. Third person: referring to anyone or anything else

Question 5

Reflexive/intensive pronouns

Answer 5

Formed by adding self or delve to certain personal pronouns
Reflexive: refers to the subject and functions as a compliment or an object or a preposition
Intensive: emphasizes a noun or another pronoun

Question 6

Interrogative pronoun

Answer 6

Use to ask a question

1. Which
2. Who
3. Whom
4. Whose
5. What

Question 7

Demonstrative pronoun

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Used to point out a specific person or thing

1. This
2. That
3. These
4. Those

Question 8

Indefinite pronoun

Answer 8

Often doesn’t refer to a specific or definite person or thing
Doesn’t have a specific antecedent (like personal pronouns)
Example: Everybody will select another to help with everything

Question 9

Adjectives

Answer 9

Modifies a noun or pronoun
Answer the following questions:
How much?
How many?
What kind?
Which?

Question 10

Proper adjective

Answer 10

Formed from a proper noun

Question 11

Compound adjective

Answer 11

A word composed of two of more words; sometimes these words a hyphenated

Question 12

Action verb

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Tells what action a subject is performing, had performed, or will perform.
Example: skated

Question 13

Linking verb

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Connects or links a subject to a noun or an adjective in the predicate
Example: is, are, being

Question 14

Helping verb

Answer 14

Assists the main verb in a sentence. There can be more than one helping verb in a sentence.
Example: are

Question 15

Adverbs

Answer 15

A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb
Answer the following questions:
Where?
When?
How?
To what extent?
Usually end in -ly

Question 16

Common preposition

Answer 16

A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence
Examples: the man swam under the bridge

*“but” is a preposition ONLY when is can be replaced by the except

Question 17

Compound preposition

Answer 17

Has the same function as a common preposition

Composed of two or more words

Question 18

Coordinating conjunctions

Answer 18

Single connecting word

Examples: for, and, nor, but, or

Question 19

Correlative conjunctions

Answer 19

Pairs of connecting words
The pairs are separated by one of the words the correlative conjunction is connecting
Examples: both......and
Neither.........nor
Wether.........or

Question 20

Interjection

Answer 20

Word that expresses strong feeling of emotion

Usually comes at the beginning of the sentence

Question 21

Oxymoron

Answer 21

Expression with contradictory words: a phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are used together for special effect, e.g. “wise fool” or “legal murder”

Question 22

Pun

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Play on words: a humorous use of words that involves a word of phrase that has more than one possible meaning.

Question 23

Paradox

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Statement that seems contradictory but that actually may be true

Question 24

Malapropism

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Unintentional use of wrong word: the misuse of a word through confusion with another word that sounds similar, especially when the effect is ridiculous

Question 25

Allusion

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References to well-know people, places, or events from myths or literature

Question 26

Chiasmus

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Inverted word order in phrase: a rhetorical construction in which the order of words in the second of two paired phrases is the reverse of the order in the first Example: gray was the morn, all things were gray

Question 27

Foreshadow

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To be warned of: to indicate or suggest something, usually something unpleasant, that is going to happen

Question 28

Metaphor

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Implicit comparison: describing someone or something with a word or phrase that is not meant literally but by means of a vivid comparison expresses something about him, her, or it, e.g. saying that somebody is a snake

Question 29

Soliloquy

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A lengthy speech in which a character expresses his or her thought to the audience. He or she is usually alone on the stage

Question 30

Aside

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A brief remark by a character revealing thoughts or feelings to the audience. No one else on stage can hear these comments

Question 31

Monologue

Answer 31

Like a soliloquy but the character is addressing another character not the audience. Literally means "one talking" (similar to dialogue meaning "two talking")

Question 32

Characters

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The people or animals who take part in a literary work

Question 33

Round character

Answer 33

Have many personality traits, like a real person

Question 34

Flat characters

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One-dimensional, embodying only a single trait. Shakespeare's plays often include flat characters who provide comic relief

Question 35

Dramatic foil

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A character who highlights the traits of another character through contrast

Question 36

Tragic hero

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Main character of the story who has a flaw or weakness in his or her character which causes their downfall

Question 37

Jack

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Symbolizes the human love of dominance and power

Question 38

Piggy

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Symbolizes the science and rationality

Question 39

Ralph

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Symbolizes law, government, and civil society

Question 40

Simon

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Symbol of Jesus, he stands for the mystics, prophets, and priests of all religions who confront and reveal the darkest aspects of human nature.

Question 41

Roger

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Symbolizes mankind's sadistic instincts, the suppressed desire to hurt others.

Question 42

The Lord of the flies

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Symbolizes the evil in all men's souls

Question 43

Sam and Eric

Answer 43

Symbolize totally civilized and socialized people

Question 44

Percival

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Symbolizes innocence

Question 45

Robert

Answer 45

Plays the role of the pig