Vocab
What is an anachronism?
Find the mistake:
Barbara went to the store for milk eggs and cheese.
What is missing commas?
Barbara went to the store for milk, eggs, and cheese.
The outline of a two-chunk paragraph.
What is Topic Sentence, Concrete Detail, Commentary, Commentary, Concrete Detail, Commentary, Commentary, Concluding Sentence?
What are the feelings that the narrator has towards the man who came up to them? What is the line that makes you think so?
Negative feelings, "He is detestable with his red cheeks and bold eyes and coarse manner and speech."
The phrase "pretty ugly" is an example of...
What is an oxymoron?
The subject of the sentence "My dog ate my homework."
What is dog?
An essay that tries to change the readers mind to the opinion of author.
What is a persuasive essay?
What is a device used in the passage?
Possible answers:
Cacophony, epithet, personification, metaphor, euphony.
The correct order for a plot arc, including: climax, rising action, denoument, exposition, falling action.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denoument?
"The boy ran to school" is an example of either a phrase or a clause, which is it?
What is a clause?
Write a sentence using either a subject or a verb. What is the sentence an example of?
What is a phrase?
Why is the author so descriptive when describing nature?
For emphasis, to help the reader understand the how important it is to them, to paint a picture of how it looks.
Logos is based on logic, pathos is based on emotions, and ethos is based on...
What is reputation/character of the speaker?
The correct order for an English sentence, including corresponding details, a subject, and a verb.
What is a subject, a verb, and corresponding details?
A change that could make the following sentence better:
Yesterday, Bob had went to the store.
no change, will go, was gone, had gone
What is "had gone"?
The piece of evidence supports the claim that the narrator dislikes humans.
What is "I want neither books nor men" "He is detestable with his red cheeks and bold eyes and coarse manner and speech. What does he know of Christ? Shall I ask a young fool who was born yesterday and will die tomorrow to tell me things of Christ?"
"It's so crazy that Becky wants to buy a dog. She literally can't keep a goldfish alive for more that a few days."
What is an Ad Hominem Argument?
Change the word order of the following sentence for emphasis:
I am excited for my math test.
What is: My math test excites me?
The word that belongs in the blank:
The basketball team losing the game was an _________.
accolade, altercation, aberration, effervescent
What is an aberration?
Why does the narrator trust nature more than people, even though people are a part of nature?
Nature has been there longer, it doesn't chatter, it is soft and soothing rather than coarse.