This is a consise, wise statement of belief packed with meaning. Example: "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."
What is Aphorism?
100
Into the ship went the naval officers.
The phrase "Into the ship" is this type:
What is prepositional?
100
Mrs. Russell CHASTISED the students for the missing reports.
The capitalized word is this type of verb:
What is Transitive?
100
While he was being chased by a hoard of crazed women, Mr. Weeks ran for his life.
What is Complex?
100
Characterized by the imagination, intuition, individualism, and three groups of completely unique writers.
What is Romanticism?
200
This is an author's attitude toward a subject, determined by the diction and punctuation, and often described in adjective form.
What is Tone?
200
Rothsgate loves to eat strawberries whenever he gets a chance.
The phrase "to eat strawberries" begins with this part of speech.
What is the infinitive?
200
Coach Bess, the Boys' Varsity Head Coach, teaches Language Arts as well.
The phrase between the commas is of this type:
What is Appositive?
200
GOING TO THE STORE, Mr. Johnson had to backtrack to grab his reusable grocery bags.
The capitalized phrase is of what type?
What is Participial?
200
An era that witnessed the first American female poet, focused on God, and was plain.
What is Puritanism?
300
"The grave's a fine and private place,
But none I think do there embrace."
What is Rhyming Couplet?
300
Mr. Johnson loves running, hiking, and playing with his dog, Cocoa.
The phrase "running, hiking, and playing" are examples of this part of speech.
What is a Gerund?
300
David Copperfield published a book on Magic, "The Secrets of the Best Magicians," which turned out to be a bestseller.
The clause starting with "which" is this type of clause:
What is Adjective Clause?
It modifies the noun "The Secrets of the Best Magicians"
300
Of all the times he wanted to win, this game was the most important in his life; he simply could not lose.
What is Compound-Complex?
300
This literary period witnessed two world wars and focused on the hopelessness and hypocrisy in American culture.
What is Modernism?
400
"Jimmy always considers others, provides for others, and helps others."
What is Parallelism?
400
This type of verb has NO object to receive the action of the sentence.
Ex. The author wrote.
What is an Intransitive Verb?
400
He believed THAT A MAN SHOULD ALWAYS BE HONEST.
The clause that is capitalized is this type of clause.
What is a Noun Clause?
Noun clause IS the thing that he believes. It is the clause containing the "person, place, or thing."
400
Mr. Cicchetti teaches IB Language; he is one of the best teachers Norcross has ever had.
What is Compound?
400
This group of people were indigenous, lived simple lives, taught lessons and morals through stories, and tried to explain where our planet and our people came from.
Who are the Native Americans?
500
Tommy Tate is a bear on defense; almost no one gets by him without getting mauled.
What is Metaphor?
500
Each person at Gatsby's party enjoys themselves.
This is correct or incorrect pronoun/antecendent agreement.
What is Incorrect?
500
AFTER MICHAEL JORDAN DUNKED, he became known as "Air Jordan."
The capitalized phrase is this type. (Hint: it modifies the verb in the clause that follows.)
What is Adverb Clause?
500
Cleaning the house from top to bottom, Tom prepared for Scott to visit.
What is Simple?
500
This era focused on society as a whole, rather than the individual; most of the writings were political, and boasted published works from Benjamin Franklin and Patrick Henry.