Vocabulary
The term for the dictionary definition of something
What is denotation?
Which of the sentences below is correct?
A)There were many people who hated women there.
B)There was many people who hated women there.
C) There were many people who hate woman there.
D) None of the above
The thing you should do when faced with a passage you will be questioned on.
The term for the cultural or conversational meaning of something.
What is connotation?
Repeating similar grammatical structures
What is parallelism?
Which sentence has proper comma placement?
A)The third planet, from the sun, Earth, has water.
B)The third planet from the sun, Earth has water.
C) The third planet from the sun, Earth, has water.
D) None of the above
C
The thing to do if you don't know the right answer but can see wrong answers.
What is eliminate wrong answers first?
This is the type of essay that tries to get someone to agree with them on a subject
What is persuasive (or argumentative)?
Making an educated guess about something
What is an inference?
A group of words that go together to convey meaning
What is a phrase?
When in doubt, put this letter
This is the type of essay that gets people to learn something about a topic
What is informational?
Bringing up someone else's argument in order to counter it
What is a counterargument?
A clause that relies on another part of the sentence in order to be grammatically correct
What is a dependent clause?
What is, answer easy questions first?
Women were viewed in this way compared to men in the 1800s
Answers will vary
When the audience knows something a character does not
One of two things a sentence needs; not a subject.
What to do if your test can take place over multiple days
Making a reference to another work, often something cultural or popular.
What is an allusion?