Name that Clause Punctuation Rule
The skies were clear; the storm abated.
I;I
The subject of the sentence:
A group of people gathered around the clamor.
group
the vantage point from which a story is told
point of view
repetition of vowel sounds
assonance
Mr. John's Rule #1: "Write _____ _____ _____."
what sounds good
The storm abated, and the skies cleared.
I,ccI
The part of speech of the word "cooking" in this sentence:
She vehemently denies cooking the books.
noun
descriptive language that conveys details related to the sense of touch
tactile imagery
a fourteen line poem that presents a problem and a resolution
sonnet
what prompts, stimulates, or inspires a speaker to create a text
exigence
The skies cleared after the storm abated.
ID
The indirect object in the sentence:
After getting their attention, he shot the crowd a cold, icy stare.
crowd
substitution of a noun with a descriptive term for that noun
periphrasis
the repetition of words or phrases at the beginning of consecutive lines or sentences
anaphora
placing two elements side by side, especially for the purpose of contrast
juxtaposition
As the storm abated, the skies cleared.
D,I
The direct object in the sentence:
A bunch of bananas broke the poor camel's back.
back
In Ancient Greece, playwrights were referred to as didaskalos, which roughly translates to this English word
teacher
the smallest metric unit of poetry
foot
the addition of superfluous conjunctions in a series
polysyndeton
The storm abated; the skies cleared, and the waves ceased.
I;I,ccI
The part of speech of the infinitive "to meet" in the sentence:
She walked to school to meet her professor early.
adverb
a discrepancy between audience and character knowledge
dramatic irony
unrhymed iambic pentameter; Shakespeare often wrote in this
blank verse
1. (informally) the game that the writer is playing with the reader; 2. juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated images or ideas intended to surprise and delight the audience; 3. an over-elaborate, contrived approach to presenting ideas
conceit