Class Vocab
Retrospection means
What is looking back?
This root means land
What is terra?
This punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause, typically between two independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
Since my friend is sad, I gave her some money.
What kind of sentence is this?
A struggle or clash between opposing forces, representing the main problem a protagonist must overcome to achieve their goal.
What is conflict?
Ubiquitous
What is widespread?
This root means 100
What is cent?
I like to eat mashed potatoes with my steak.
What is the verb in the sentence?
What is like?
Daily Double 2X: Which Tense is each sentence in?
The president will have made a decision by the end of the week.
Jordan has invented a new way to power his car.
What is future perfect?
What is present perfect?
**2X Daily Double **
This means to break down a text, concept, or argument into its component parts (e.g., structure, character, theme,, or word choice) to examine them closely and understand how they work together to create meaning
What is to analyze?
**3X Triple Play**
Conspicuous means
What is noticeable?
This root means believe
Words that look like verbs but function as nouns, adjectives, or adverbs in a sentence
What is a verbal?
They have been married for almost 50 years.
What tense is this?
What is Present Perfect Tense?
This describes statements, facts, or ideas that are mutually opposed, inconsistent, or deny each other, meaning they cannot both be true at the same time
What is a contradiction?
Alleviate means
What is to make suffering less?
This root means skin
What is derm?
** 2X Daily Double **
I don't like to eat food from New Orleans, Louisiana, Columbus, Ohio, or Oakland, California.
What is wrong with this sentence? How would you fix it?
I don't like to eat food from New Orleans, Louisiana; Columbus, Ohio; or Oakland, California.
(Too many commas. Sentence is using commas in a series + commas to separate city and state
My best friend, that went to Harvard, likes to cook.
The italicized portion is what kind of clause?
What is a nonrestrictive clause?
A letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a root word to change its meaning or create a new word
What is an affix?
Irrevocable means
What is not able to be changed/ final?
What root means feel?
What is path?
The barking dog scared my neighbors?
The word barking is being used as a what?
What is a participle?
I'm allergic to fish, so I don't eat it.
What kind of sentence is this?
What is a compound sentence?
The primary reason an author writes a text, commonly categorized using the acronym PIE: to Persuade, Inform, or Entertain
What is Author's Purpose?