Midterm Review

Punctuation

100

This type of punctuation is used to introduce a simple list.

Colon

200

This punctuation is used to bring together two closely related independent clauses.

Semicolon

300

What punctuation is needed in the parenthesis?

Before she went to sleep ( ) the girl had to brush her teeth.

Comma ( , )

400

What punctuation is needed in the parentheses?

My family traveled to New York, New York ( ) Ontario, Canada ( ) and Boulder, Colorado over the summer

Semicolon

500

Create a sentence properly using a coordinating conjunction

Answers will vary.

Parts of a Sentence

100

This contains a subject and predicate.

Clause

200

DOUBLE JEOPARDY.

This contains the action of the sentence.

Predicate

300

Every sentence must have at least one of these (be specific).

Independent clause

400

Identify the dependent clause in the following sentence.

Because I could not stop for Death, He kindly stopped for me.

Because I could not stop for Death

500

This is a group of words that does not contain a subject-verb pairing.

Phrase

Fiction (Mostly)

100

This type of irony is when the audience is aware of something important that the characters are not.

Dramatic

200

This is an idea or concept repeated throughout the text.

Theme

300

Being told a character trait by the narrator or author is called

Direct characterization

400

This is used to create a feeling or anxiety or tension in order to keep the reader engaged.

Suspense

500

What type of irony takes place in the example:

Nonnative toads were released in Australia to control a beetle that was a pest to farmers, but became a much worse pest and didn’t even get rid of the beetle problem

Situational

Rhetoric

100

These are errors in reasoning in an argument.

Logical fallacies

200

You are watching TV and an advertisement for St. Jude's comes on. The commercial shows sad images of young children with cancer with somber music playing in the background.

This is using what rhetorical strategy?

Pathos

300

DOUBLE JEOPARDY.

Hitler was a vegetarian. Therefore, I don’t trust any vegetarians.

This uses what type of rhetorical strategy?

Logical Fallacy

400

"...we shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end,we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender." - Winston Churchill.

What rhetorical device is most apparent in this speech?

Rhetorical parallel structure

500

This type of text is considered the seed of further discussion and may act as a catalyst for change

Seminal document

EVERYTHING

100

What, how, that, and whoever are this type of word

Relative pronoun

200

This sentence (or two) is the claim being made in a text.

Thesis statement

300

This is where characters are introduced and setting is developed.

Exposition

400

Sarcasm is a form of

Verbal irony

500

This is the particular idea, feeling, or implication associated with a certain word.

Connotation