Gimme Grammar
I object, I object
Symptomatic Sentences
Tough terminology
Rhetorical Strategies give me the blues
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I gasped when I saw the headline. After we won the election, we celebrated. What are the subordinating conjuctions in the sentences above?
What are "when" and "after" ?
100
As of today, she hasn't made her final choice. What is the object of the prepositional phrase in the sentence above?
What is "today?"
100
Because the graduation ceremony was rescheduled for June 20 (This group of words contain a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought. What do we call it when trying to "correct" a sentence? (Hint: Not a subordinate clause )
What is a sentence fragment?
100
An indirect, kinder, or less harsh or hurtful way of expressing unpleasant information. ex: big-boned instead of fatty
What is a euphemism?
100
I knew I had found a friend in the woman, who herself was a lonely soul, never having known the love of man or child. Balanced or Parallel, Loose, Antimetabole, Anadiplosis, Periodic, Chisasmus?
What is a Loose sentence?
200
Teresa spoke eloquently at the school assembly. They searched everywhere for the lost boy. What are the adverbs in the sentences above? What question do they answer and what word do they modify?
What is "eloquently -modifies spoke, tells how? What is everywhere -modifies searched, tells where?
200
A __________ _________ is a complement that tells who or what receives the action of a verb or shows the result of the action. ex: I miss you. (The word "you" would be this complement.)
What is a direct object?
200
People just starting an exercise program should build gradually from an easier workout to a harder one trying to do too much too soon can leave a beginner quite sore. Two or more sentences fused together with no punctuation between the thoughts are called __________
What is a run-on sentence?
200
The language and speech idiosyncrasies of a specific area, region, or group. Minnesotans say "you betcha" Southerners say "y'all"
What is dialect?
200
Information is not knowledge, knowledge is not wisdom, wisdom is not truth, truthe is not beauty, beauty is not love, love is not music and music is the best. Epanalepsis, Loose, Parallel or Balanced, Periodic, Anadiplosis, Epistrophe?
What is Anadiplosis?
300
They played a new song by Hootie and the Blowfish. Did you see Juanita at the last game? What are the preposition phrases in the sentences above?
What is "by Hootie and the Blowfish" and "at the last game"?
300
The employer interviewed several applicants for the job. What is the direct object in this sentence?
What is applicants?
300
She tried several exercises, her skills showed no improvement. A type of run-on sentence where two complete thoughts are combined with only a comma between them.
What is a comma splice?
300
A syntactical structure in which conjunctions are omitted in a series, usually producing more rapid prose. Ex: "Veni, vidi, vici ( I came, I saw, I conquered)"
What is asyndeton?
300
I know what I like, and I like what I know. Epistrophe, balanced or parallel, chiasmus, periodic, loose, distinctio, antimetabole, anaphora?
What is antimetabole?
400
What are the three other questions that an adjective answers in addition to "what kind"? Hint: last straw, two students, more money
What is which one, how many, and how much?
400
An _______________ ______________ is a complement that often appears in sentences containing direct objects and that tells to who or to what or for whom or for what the action of a transitive verb is done. ex: The Swedish Academy awarded Octavio Paz the 1990 Nobel Prize in literature. (Octavio Paz)
What is an indirect object?
400
We are studying geography, history, and learning about famous people. What is the problem with the above sentence? What is it called?
What is faulty parallelism?
400
A figure of speech in which a part signifies the whole, such as "50 masts" representing 50 ships or "100 head of steer had to moved to their grazing land."
What is synechdoche?
400
A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship, but it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! Anadiplosis, distinctio, paradox, epistrophe, chiasmus, antimetabole, anaphora?
What is epistrophe?
500
Jay enjoys hiking and camping; in fact, they are his two favorite pastimes. What is the pronoun and its antecedent in the sentence above?
What is "they" - pronoun and "hiking and camping" - antecedent"
500
Clarice wrote me a letter. What is the indirect object in the sentence above?
What is "me"?
500
Hiking in the wild, untamed, natural wilderness is, I believe a great thing to do in my opinion. What is wrong with the sentence above? How can it be corrected or improved?
What is wordiness or verbosity? (also redundant) Hiking in the wilderness is, I believe, a great thing to do.
500
A grammatically correct construction in which a word, usually a verb or adjective, is applied to two or more nouns without being repeated.
What is a zeugma?
500
It depends upon what the meaning of the word 'is' is. If 'is' means "is and never has been, that's one thing. If it means 'there is none,' that was a compeltely true statement." Chiasmus, distinctio, antithesis, paradox, understatement, anaphora, epistrophe,antimetabole?
What is distinctio?
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