Daily Words: Wk 27-28
Which word means “A place of retreat and security; shelter; refuge”?
Asylum
What is a participle?
A verb acting as an adjective to describe a noun
Which word means “An inclination of temperament or outlook. Especially: a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment”?
Bias
What is an adjective clause?
Dependent clause that begins with a relative pronoun or pronominal adverb and that modifies a noun.
Use ____ for adjective clauses referring to humans.
Use ____ for adjective clauses referring to nonhumans.
Use WHO for adjective clauses referring to humans.
Use THAT/WHICH for adjective clauses referring to nonhumans.
Which word means “Deserving praise”?
Laudable
What does a present participle end in?
-ing
Which word means “Needless or willful damage or violence”?
Mayhem
What is an appositive?
A noun/noun phrase that renames the noun right in front of it.
Which word means “Equal to something in value, meaning, or effect”?
Tantamount
Which word means “To move or be shaped like the waves”?
Undulate
What does a past participle end in?
-ed/-en/-n/-t
Which word means “To direct or order someone to do something”?
Enjoin
What are the 2 main ways to identify if an adjective clause is an adjective clause?
It is next to the noun
It answers the adjective questions about the noun
Do restrictive or nonrestrictive elements require commas?
Nonrestrictive elements
Correctly spell the word that means “Strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness; personal bravery.”
What is the difference between a misplaced participle and a dangling participle?
A misplaced participle is next to the wrong noun in the sentence.
A dangling participle describes a noun that is absent from the sentence.
Correctly spell the word that means “Acting or done in a shocking way without shame or embarrassment.”
Brazen
Which type of adjective clause or appositive will a proper noun be followed by?
Restrictive
Nonrestrictive
B. Nonrestrictive
Identify the participle in this sentence:
During the storm, Misha worried about her lost dog as she watched the lightning.
Lost
Correctly spell the word that means “Filled with excitement, activity, or confusion.”
Frenetic
Identify the participle/participial phrase as misplaced or dangling. Create a sentence that fixes the error.
Dangling participial phrase
Walking along the trail, we saw a fallen tree blocking our way.
A fallen tree blocked our way as we walked along the trail.
Correctly spell the word that means “Using few words to state or express something.”
Succinct
Relative Pronouns: Fill in the Blank
_____ begins restrictive adjective clauses.
______ begins nonrestrictive adjective clauses.
THAT begins restrictive adjective clauses.
WHICH begins nonrestrictive adjective clauses.
If both these sentences are grammatically correct, what is the difference in meaning between them?
Cyrano’s cousin, Roxanne, was very beautiful.
Cyrano’s cousin Roxanne was very beautiful.
The first sentence has a nonrestrictive appositive, indicating that Cyrano has only 1 cousin.
The second sentence has a restrictive appositive, indicating the Cyrano has more than one cousin, and we have to specify which one.