Eyes that fix you in a formulated PHRASE
Santa CLAUSE is coming to town!
Defining Moments
Better Together
Synonymous Anonymous
100
Mined throughout the American west, silver ore is often mixed with copper, zinc, and lead. What kind of phrase is "Mined through the American west"?
What is a Participial Phrase
100
He was a control freak, yet when he learned he had a rare form of cancer that would respond to surgery, he ignored his wife and put the surgery off for nine months, trying to heal himself with wacky fruit diets, hydrotherapy, a psychic and expressing his negative feelings.
"He was a control freak" - Independent "when he learned he had a rare form of cancer that would respond to surgery" - Dependent "he ignored his wife" - Independent
100
given to wildly impossible plans, unrealistic, fantastical, impractical
What is Chimerical
100
Nassau County prosecutors filed criminal charges against Samuel Eshaghoff, 19. He was accused of being paid to take the SAT for six other students. the six other students are former and current students at Great Neck North High School.
Nassau County prosecutors filed criminal charges against Samuel Eshaghoff, 19, accusing him of being paid to take the SAT for six former and current students at Great Neck North High School.
100
stubborn, unyielding, hardhearted
What is Obdurate
200
The victory by Park Won-soon, an independent candidate backed by the main opposition party, was a blow to President Lee Myung-bak. What type of phrase is "an independent candidate backed by the main opposition party"?
What is an Appositive Phrase
200
When one daughter dreamed of going to the Oscars with him, he blew her off.
"When one daughter dreamed of going to the Oscars with him" - Dependent "he blew her off" - Independent
200
obviously extravagant statement or assertion
What is Hyperbole
200
A king tide will be running Wednesday and Thursday. A king tide is due to gravitational forces of the sun, the moon and the earth. It will raise the water level between one and two feet above normal high tides for many areas on the Atlantic coast. It is an entirely natural phenomenon.
A king tide, an entirely natural phenomenon due to the gravitational forces of the sun, the moon, and the earth, will raise the water level between one and two feet above normal high tides for many areas on the Atlantic coast.
200
evil, fiendish, demonic, satanic, infernal
What is Diabolic
300
Elevate is Anne Buford’s moving documentary about Senegalese basketball players given a chance to play and receive an education in the United States. Find all infinitives
"To play" and "(to) receive" with the "to" as understood
300
Private business investment causes growth because it pays for the new plant or equipment that creates jobs, improves labor productivity and increases workers’ incomes.
"Private business investment causes growth" - Independent "Because it pays....improves....and increases" - Dependent
300
place or state of neglect; period awaiting change; in-between state
What is Limbo
300
Tony La Russa’s reputation for managerial genius took a hit on Monday. On Tuesday, the Cardinals’ manager elaborated on what went wrong in Game 5.
Tony La Russa's reputation for managerial genius took a hit on Monday, and on Tuesday the Cardinals' manager elaborated on what went wrong in Game 5.
300
unproductive, exhausted, feeble, decadent
What is Effete
400
Coaching professional athletes is a lot harder than it looks. What kind of phrase is "Coaching professional athletes"?
What is a Gerund Phrase
400
Legal costs would be reduced because non-lawyers, who have not had to make a costly investment in a three-year legal education, would compete with lawyers, who in many states are the only options for basic services like drafting wills.
"Legal costs would be reduced" - Independent "who have not had to make a costly investment in a three-year legal education" - Dependent "because non-lawyers...would compete with lawyers" - Dependent "who in many states are the only options for basic services like drafting wills" - Dependent
400
expression that means the opposite of what is stated; event or result the opposite of what is expected
What is Irony BONUS: Name two types of Irony and how they are created.
400
Virginia Rometty was selected as a senior vice president at a large company. The large company is I.B.M. This job will make her one of the highest-profile women executives in corporate America.
Selected to be a senior vice president at I.B.M., Virginia Rometty will now be one of the highest-profile women executives in corporate America.
400
pacesetter, pacemaker, vanguard
What is Bellwether
500
Flailing through mounds of debris and sludge, rescue workers hunted for survivors in Tuscany and Liguria on Wednesday after mudslides and flooding left at least six people dead and hundreds homeless. What kind of phrase is "Flailing through mounds of debris and sludge"?
What is a Participial Phrase
500
This is more a football town than an art town, and the big event of the weekend was the Wisconsin Badgers game at Michigan State.
"This is more a football town than an art town" - Independent "the big event of the weekend was the Wisconsin Badgers game at Michigan State" - Independent
500
force or threats to make someone do something
What is Duress
500
New oil and gas discoveries offer hope for plentiful and cheaper fuel. These discoveries threaten to blunt the demand alternatives. The alternatives are cleaner and renewable.
New oil and gas discoveries offer hope for plentiful and cheaper fuel but also threaten to blunt the demand for cleaner, renewable alternatives.
500
foolish, mindless, idiotic, ridiculous, absurd, inane
What is Asinine
M
e
n
u