Grammar & Conventions
What is a verb phrase?
an author's word choice
What is diction?
a former slave who overcame obstacles to become an author, educator, and presidential advisor
Who is Booker T. Washington?
The president of America who issued the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
refers to the time, place, environment in which a story takes place
What is setting?
A word that shows direction, location, or time or that introduces an object
What is a preposition?
lists of people, objects, or situations to emphasize an idea
What is catalogue?
What is the American Civil War?
a first-person story about a real-life experience
What is a personal narrative?
A word or phrase that modifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb
What is an adverb?
words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses
What is sensory language?
an invention that revolutionized American industry in the early 19th century
What is the cotton gin?
America's celebration of independence from Great Britain
What is the Fourth of July?
a short work of nonfiction in which an author presents ideas on a specific topic
What is an essay?
A phrase consisting of a preposition, the object of the preposition, and any modifiers of the object
What is a prepositional phrase?
the shade of meaning of words that have similar denotations
What is nuance?
Who is Walt Whitman?
The Northern states that were part of the Civil War
What is the Union?
a type of writing in which an author examines concepts through the careful selection, organization, and analysis of information
What is informative writing?
What is an adjective phrase?
What is universal theme?
the idea that it is an American right to settle land across the country
What is manifest destiny?
a former slave who became one of the most powerful public speakers and abolitionists of his time
Who is Frederick Douglass?
a formal address or discourse delivered to an audience
What is a speech?