Literary Elements
The continuation of the verse for understanding
Enjambment
Uncle Tom's Cabin, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, Incidents of The Life of a Slave Girl
Slavery
What comes before a ___ must be an independent clause and a dependent clause must follow.
Colon
Two independent clauses joined together by either a semicolon or a comma and fanboy
Compound sentence
"We came, we saw, we conquered" is an example of
Parallelism
The repetition of a word at the end of successive clauses or sentences
Epistrophe
Rip Van Winkle
Thanatopsis
Post Rev War/ Rising National Identity
Connects 2 independent clauses, must be related
Semicolon
Contains a dependent and independent clause
Complex sentence
"government of the people, by the people, for the people," is an example of
An epistrophe
Something that comes before another thing, serving as a precursor, cause, or reference point
Ex: "Sally arrived, but nobody saw her,"
Antecedent
Chickamauga
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Civil War
Which is a correct use of a FANBOY?
1. I went to the store, but I forgot to buy milk.
2. I went to the store but, I forgot to buy milk
1. (the comma always goes before the FANBOY)
Contains one independent clause (1 subject, 1 verb)
Simple sentence
What appeal does this display?
“85% of students who read daily had higher ACT scores than students who read solely at school”
Logos
The use of a word referring to or replacing a word used earlier in a sentence, to avoid repetition, such as do in I like it and so do they.
"A well-dressed man was speaking; he had a foreign accent,"
Anaphora
Self Reliance
Civil Disobedience
Mexican American War
What does FANBOYS stand for?
Does the order of the independent and dependent clause matter in a complex sentence
No. It can be independent, dependent or dependent, independent.
"Speak what you think now in hard words, and tomorrow speak what tomorrow thinks in hard words again, though it contradict every thing you said today"
Imperative Sentence
The three types of Irony
Dramatic - when the audience knows something that the characters do not
Situational - when the outcome of a situation is opposite of what is expected
Verbal - sarcasm
Sinners in the Hands of An Angry God
Great Awakening
Is this sentence correct? Why or why not?
I went to the store to get the following: milk, cheese, and ham.
Incorrect because adding the word following makes it a dependent clause.
Can you use a FANBOY with a semicolon?
NO
Is this parallel?
"He likes swimming, to run, and biking".
No