Sentence Structure
This type of clause contains both a subject and a predicate
What is an independent clause?
This is added to a main verb to make a verb phrase.
Ex.: Be, do, have, should, can, may, might, must, will, would
What is an auxiliary verb?
A writing or speech that attempts to convince the reader to think or act in a particular way
What is an argumentative text?
This character is transformed into a "giant verminous bug."
Who is Gregor Samsa?
The feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood?
Consists of one independent clause
What is a simple sentence?
Modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by telling where, when, how, or to what extent
What is an adverb?
A genre that features bleak or remote settings, characters in psychological torment, plots that include violence or the supernatural, and a gloomy, or eerie mood
What is Gothic Literature?
Gregor Samsa's occupation before his transformation.
What is a travelling salesman?
The dictionary definition of a word
What is denotation?
This type of sentence contains two or more independent clauses.
What is a compound sentence?
Relates a noun or pronoun that appears with it to another word in the sentence
What is a preposition?
A form of creative expression developed in response to the rapid rise of industry, the shift from rural to urban societies, and the horrors of war
What is Modernism?
Gregor's mother frequently passes out and suffers from this condition.
What is asthma?
The set of ideas associated with a word in addition to its explicit meaning
What is connotation?
Consists of one independent and one or more dependent clauses
What is a complex sentence?
Begins a subordinate clause and connects it to another idea in the sentence
Ex.: that, which, who, whom, whose
What is a relative pronoun?
A genre that incorporates elements of fantasy and myth into otherwise realistic narratives
What is Magical Realism?
Mr. Samsa threw these objects at Gregor for frightening his mother.
What are apples?
Descriptive language used to create images by details of sight, sound, taste, touch, smell, or movement
What is imagery?
What is a compound-complex sentence?
Joins words or groups of words of equal rank
Ex.: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
A form of Modernism that includes fantastic or dreamlike elements that blur the boundary between what is real and unreal.
The family's reaction to Gregor's transformation can be seen as a commentary on this societal issue.
What is alienation/isolation?
A narrative in which characters, events, and settings symbolically represent abstract ideas, moral concepts, or political messages
What is allegory?