Grammar
Any word, phrase, or clause that functions as a noun or noun equivalent is a _?
a. substantive b. expletive c. independent element d. parenthetical expression
What is a. substantive?
Wrote the speech “Is the Bible True?”
Who is William Jennings Bryan?
“I left the woods for as good a reason as I went there."
What is Walden?
The founder of Transcendentalism
Additional forms of the entry word
What are run-on entries?
a. variety b. subordination c. coordination d. division
What is b. subordination?
Wrote “O Captain! My Captain!”
Who is Walt Whitman?
“None of us were prepared for such a sudden and complete wreck of our Arcadian Scheme.”
What is "Experiences of the A.C."?
This work became the bible of the Transcendentalists
What is Nature?
history of the word
What is etymology?
Making an independent clause into a dependent clause to form a complex sentence is called _?
a. coordination b. variety c. division d. subordination
What is d. subordination?
Wrote Walden
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
“With malice toward none; with charity for all;... let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation’s wounds.”
What is the "Second Inaugural Address?"
This Transcendentalist probably came the closest to carrying out all the teachings of Transcendentalism
Who is Henry David Thoreau?
indicates a short vowel sound ( ˘ )
What is a breve?
A phrase that doesn't have a word in the sentence that it can sensibly modify is a _?
a. run-on b. fragment c. dangling modifier d. faulty subordination
What is c. dangling modifier?
Said the “Second Inaugural Address”
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
What is "Self-Reliance"?
In “Experiences of the A.C.,” A.C. stood for _?
What is Arcadian Club?
Indicates a long vowel ( − )
What is a macron?
A sentence with 2 independent clauses and 1 dependent clause is a _ sentence.
a. simple b. compound c. complex d. compound-complex
What is d. compound-complex?
Wrote “The Secret of Progress”
Who is Booker T. Washington?
“I become a transparent eyeball; I am nothing; I see all; the currents of the Universal Being circulate through me; I am part or parcel of God…”
What is Nature?
What alcoholic beverage did Abel Mallory decide was a natural beverage?
What is beer?
Indicates an unaccented vowel (ə)
What is a schwa?