Words of the Day
Which word of the day means:
1. Severe or strict in manner, attitude, or appearance
2. (of living conditions or way of life) having no comforts or luxuries
Austere
Identify the participle:
Lost and lonely, the dog searched for its owner.
What is lost?
Identify the type of clause:
Noticing the despondence of the room, she spoke lightheartedly in order to reduce the sadness in the atmosphere.
Adverb Clause
Who can be considered "Mockingbirds" in the story?
Boo Radley (gentle innocent soul who does no harm and wants no attention), Tom Robinson, Helen Robinson (victims of racial prejudice), Jem Finch, Dill Harris, Scout Finch (innocent childhood destroyed by evil)
Identify the misplaced modifier and explain why:
The merchant tried to sell a product to a customer who was broken.
who was broken is the misplaced modifier because it is supposed to describe the product, not the customer.
Which word of the day means:
reserved, modest, shy (typically used of a woman)
Demure
Noun clause, gerund, or participle?
Lara's favorite activity was drawing.
Identify the type of clause.
Don't touch the book that is on the table.
Adjective clause
How do the Cunninghams and the Ewells differ in their response to poverty?
The Cunninghams do the best with what they have and work honestly and diligently, maintaining their dignity, while the Ewells respond with laziness and dishonesty, showing no ambition whatsoever to change their circumstance or act decent.
Identify the dangling modifier and explain why:
Awake and happy, the dinner roll was eaten.
awake and happy is the dangling modifier because it is supposed to describe a subject, but no subject is present in this sentence (who ate the roll?)
What does the Latin root "ponere" mean?
To put
Participle, Gerund, or none?
The girl was missing.
Participle (acting as a predicate adjective)
Find the clause and identify what type of clause it is:
Because the honey was stolen, the bees had to harvest new pollen.
Because the honey was stolen is the clause and it is an adverb clause.
Why does Dolphus Raymond pretend to be drunk all the time?
To escape the shunning of his lifestyle by society. He likes the black people's company, is engaged to a black woman, and had biracial children which was not seen as a good thing. Pretending to be drunk allowed people to pity him rather than shame him because they thought that his choices were not conscience and intended.
What are dangling modifiers?
Phrases that modify the wrong subject (in some cases no subject is present) causing confusion. (incomplete).
What Latin Root means "flock?"
Grex/greg
Participle phrase or Gerund phrase?
Cutting the sandwich into two parts, Jerry shared with his friend.
Participle phrase (acting as and adjective)
Find the clause and identify what type of clause it is:
I gave whomever had the best score a 100%.
whomever had the best score is the clause and it is a noun clause.
Who does Tim Johnson symbolize and what line from the book (said by Mr. Tate) expounds on that to Atticus?
Tim Johnson symbolizes Bob Ewell, and the quote is "...there's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to 'em," which ties how Tim Johnson had to be shot before he could do any harm to how Bob Ewell's insatiable desire for revenge eventually resulted in his death.
Identify where the phrase is and if it is a dangling modifier or a misplaced modifier:
Excited for the summer, the rest of school was enjoyable for the students.
Excited for the summer is a misplaced modifier because it is supposed to modify students, but it looks like it is describing the school. It is not a dangling modifier because a subject is present. A corrected version would be: Excited for the summer, the students found the rest of school enjoyable.
What is the abstract noun form of "reciprocal"?
Reciprocity
What are the four things a gerund can function as in a sentence? (besides acting as a noun)
- subject, predicate nominative, direct object, object of the preposition phrase
Find the clause and identify what type of clause it is:
Jiving at people whenever they talked resulted in a repentent man who turned over a new leaf.
whenever they talked is the clause and it is an adverb clause
What is the symbolism of Atticus reading Jem's book and staying with him at the end of the book?
It symbolize that he are finally "walking around in someone else's skin" Atticus is learning to feel empathy for Jem by understanding the world the way he does (hence the book) Atticus is finally "practicing as he preaches" contradicting the hypocrisy of Maycomb.
Identify where the phrase is and if it is a dangling modifier or a misplaced modifier:
Walking to school today, a book fell onto the sidewalk.
Walking to school today is a dangling modifier because no subject is in the sentence (hence why it's not misplaced). It is supposed to modify a person, but in this sentence it looks like the book is walking to school. A correct version would be: While I was walking to school today, a book fell onto the sidewalk.