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Antigone
100
An incomplete clause or phrase.
What is a FRAGMENT?
100
A punctuation mark that is used at the end of an adverb clause that begins a sentence.
What is a COMMA?
100
This would describe a chocolate cupcake with a chocolate ganache center.
What is DECADENT?
100
Little children who really want something often resort to doing this.
What is IMPLORE?
100
This animal's cries leads Tereisias to offer a sacrifice to the gods.
What is a BIRD?
200
Two complete sentences separated by just a comma.
What is a COMMA SPLICE?
200
"Antigone defies Kreon's law she buries her brother's body." is an example of this.
What is a RUN-ON SENTENCE?
200
Studying diligently a little bit every day does this to a student's stress level.
What is ALLEVIATE?
200
Aggressive armies would be accurately defined as this.
What is BELLIGERENT?
200
This character trait ultimately causes Kreon's downfall.
What is PRIDE?
300
FANBOYS is a helpful acronym to remember this type of word.
What is a COORDINATING CONJUNCTION?
300
A word group that contains both a subject and its verb.
What is a CLAUSE?
300
We do this when we agree with someone.
What is CONCUR?
300
You are not in a rush if you walk this way.
What is AMBLE?
300
Kreon accuses both the Sentry and Teiresias of being motivated by this.
What is MONEY?
400
The punctuation mark that can replace the period in this sentence: "Kreon is blinded by his pride. He even refuses to listen to his own son."
What is a SEMI-COLON?
400
The words in capital letters are an example of these: "My cat has SMALL BLACK SHINING dots for eyes."
What are CUMULATIVE ADJECTIVES?
400
Time does this.
What is ELAPSE?
400
Companies use celebrities in their commercials and ads in order to ___________ their products.
What is LEGITIMIZE?
400
The character who said, "...don't take away from me the honor of dying with you."
Who is Ismene?
500
A phrase that is not necessary and that adds extra detail to a sentence. Thus, it is always set off by commas.
What is a NON-ESSENTIAL (or NON-RESTRICTIVE) PHRASE?
500
The word you use in between adjectives in a series to check if they should be separated by commas.
What is AND?
500
An example is when a boy smiles shyly at a girl and she concludes that he likes her.
What is CONSTRUE?
500
Kreon is speaking this way when he calls Ismene a viper who sucked his blood.
What is METAPHORICALLY?
500
The character who seemingly has no opinion of his own, until the very end when he says, "Then act now. Go. Don't leave it to others."
Who is Koryphaios?