Commas
When do you place commas around a clause in a sentence?
When its non-essential.
What does Hyperbole mean?
Exaggeration
What is a dependent clause?
It is a group of words that cannot stand alone.
How many questions are on the test?
75
What is a adjective?
A word that describes the noun or pronoun.
When do you use coordinating conjunctions?
When you are linking two or more similar subjects.
What are the three types of Irony?
Situational, Verbal, and Dramatic Irony
What is an independent clause?
It is a group of words that can stand alone.
How much time do they give you to take the test?
45 minutes
What is an adverb?
A word that describes the verb, adjective, or another adverb.
True or False? Use a comma when you combine two independent clauses.
FALSE (Comma Splice)
What is Juxtaposition?
When you have two contradicting things in the same sentence.
The following sentence is what type of clause?
When I was a little girl living in New York with my uncle and aunt on Cedar Street.
Dependent Clause
How many passages are on the test?
5 passages
What does redundancy mean?
It means repeating the same meaning of words in a sentence.
False
Name and define the two types of Repetition.
Anaphora: Repetition at the beginning of sentences
Epistrophe: Repetition at the end of sentences.
The very best strawberry cake that I have ever eaten in my city.
Dependent Clause
How many questions are there for each passage?
15 questions.
When do you use semicolons?
When you have two sentences with similar subjects.
When do you replace the word "and" with a comma?
When you have only two descriptive words describing something.
If you were using euphemism, then what would be the correct way to say that someone was a janitor?
Call them a "Sanitation Engineer"
Independent Clause
What time should you set your phone for each passage set?
Trick question! You should not have a phone!
When you have a singular noun and you want to add ownership, you should add an apostrophe s (girl's). When you have a plural noun and you want to add ownership, you should place the apostrophe behind the s (girls').