Comma Splices
My heart broke, the owners had no insurance.
My heart broke; the owners had no insurance.
There’s not much to do at home it’s pretty boring to live alone.
There’s not much to do at home; it’s pretty boring to live alone.
A word that describes what the subject of a sentence is doing; an action word.
Verb
Name this punctuation mark
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colon
A formal practice that scholars of literature use to interpret, evaluate, and explain the meaning and significance of literary works
Literary Criticism
The river extended beyond the mountains, we saw the clouds merge with the water in the horizon.
The river extended beyond the mountains and we saw the clouds merge with the water in the horizon.
Heather read the novel her friend watched the movie.
Heather read the novel, and her friend watched the movie.
Noun
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semicolon
A set of assumptions or concepts that a reader applies to the text in order to understand it in new ways.
Literary Theory/Criticism
Every wall was smashed to rubble, the only thing left of those houses was the land and the rocks from the rubble.
Every wall was smashed to rubble. The only thing left of those houses was the land and the rocks from the rubble.
It was close to finals the students began losing their mind with all the paperwork given.
It was close to finals; the students began losing their mind with all the paperwork given.
a group of words that contains a subject and a verb that have a relationship
Prefix
a letter or group of letters, for example 'un-' or 'multi-', which is added to the beginning of a word in order to form a different word.
Deals with the similarities of patterns--images, characters, motifs, or patterns that recur in the literature of widely diverse cultures. For example, most cultures have stories that present a version of the Hero's Journey.
Archetypal Criticism
Jake knew something was not right with the kite, he remembered that he had not attached the tail.
However, Jake knew something was not right with the kite; he remembered that he had not attached the tail.
It was raining outside the dogs slept indoors to stay dry.
Since it was raining outside, the dogs slept indoors to stay dry.
A group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought
Independent Clause
Something represented through the text
Figurative Meaning
Focuses on a reader's active engagement with a text, any text is shaded by the reader's own experiences, ethics, moral values, and general views of the world. For example, the response to To Kill a Mockingbird may depend on the reader's sense of outrage on behalf of someone unjustly accused of a crime.
Reader-Response Criticism
Technology is just a tool we have, it is how we use it that makes it good or bad.
Because technology is just a tool we have, it is how we use it that makes it good or bad.
Driving home from football practice, Brendon vowed to be strict with his diet all the while he took a bite out of his double cheeseburger meal.
Driving home from football practice, Brendon vowed to be strict with his diet. All the while he took a bite out of his double cheeseburger meal.
A group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought
Dependent Clause
A conclusion about something that is not directly stated that can be induced from known information.
Inference
Asserts that differing religious beliefs, ethnicities, class identifications, political beliefs, and individual viewpoints affect how texts are created and interpreted.
Cultural criticism