English Terms
In non-fiction texts, the main message of the text.
What is Central Idea?
The table danced across the room during the earthquake.
What is Personification?
It has a subject and a predicate but is not a complete thought.
What is a Dependent clause?
True or False:
When citing a quote you use the author's first and last name in the parenthesis.
False
Words in a sentence surrounding an unknown word that gives hints and clues to what the unknown word means.
What is Context Clues?
A way of structuring a paragraph. The acronym stands for Answer, Cite, and Explain
What is ACE?
“I felt as if I was in a monstrous spider web.”
What is Simile?
When
While
If
Although
Because
What is subordinating conjunctions?
True or False.
When citing a quote, you can put the page number or the paragraph number in the parenthesis.
False
Most often, a story’s theme will be…
What is inferred?
A brief statement or account of the main points of something
What is Summary?
A host of golden daffodils; Besides the lake, beneath the trees, Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
What is imagery?
What is personification?
The 2 grammatically correct combinations of the following two independent clauses: I have a big test tomorrow. I can't go out tonight.
I have a big test tomorrow; I can't go out tonight.I have a big test tomorrow, so I can't go out tonight.
What two things are incorrect in the following citation:
"I was alone when the strange man came to knock on the door." (Garcia #12)
1) The #
2) The period is after the parenthesis.
Writing based on facts, real people, and real events
What is NonFiction?
An idea the author presents to the reader in a narrative or poem that may be moralistic and/or reveals a truth about life or humanity.
What is Theme?
“A cold that smote to the marrow, and the pain I felt in breathing, overcame me. I shivered and a deadly nausea seized me…I felt giddy and incapable of facing the return home.”
What is Hyperbole?
The correct punctuation needed to combine a dependent clause to another dependent clause.
What is IMPOSSIBLE TO COMBINE.
True or False
In MLA format, the paper’s heading contains the author’s name, instructors name, course name, and date.
To support their arguments, writers use _____ to support their claims.
What is Evidence?
A paragraph summarizing a text’s central idea, main details, author’s name, genre, and title. K. The way the author presents the character to the audience
What is objective summary?
“Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue.”
What is Hyperbole?
The dependent clause in "Damian won't be able to play in the game because he injured his foot."
What is "because he injured his foot"
True or False
In MLA format, the entire essay must be double-spaced.
True
In a body paragraph, what comes directly after a quote?
What is the Explanation?