Grammatical Games
This punctuation mark is needed to separate a dependent clause from an independent clause.
A comma
This root word means light
Luz/Luc/Lum
This appeal uses logic and fact.
Logos
The passing score on the ACT reading section only.
19
Define fragment.
An incomplete sentence.
True/False
The active voice is used when the subject in a sentence is performing the action.
True
This prefix means against
contra
This appeal uses emotion and feelings.
Pathos
The passing score on the ACT reading and English section combined.
18
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
This part of speech connects clauses or sentences.
Conjunction
To upbraid someone means to do this to them.
Scold or criticize
This appeal uses morality and establishes authority.
Ethos
How many reading passages are in the ACT reading section?
4
We read the constitution of what nation of people?
The Iroquois Nation
What is the dependent clause in the following sentence:
Since I did not turn in my homework, I failed my class.
Since I did not turn in my homework,
If someone is out of a court's jurisdiction, that means what?
They cannot be prosecuted, they are out of what the court can judge, and they are out of the area the court reaches.
What rhetorical device is used in the following quote?
"He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people...."
Pathos
The passing score on the SAT
480
Summarize the plot of "The Story of an Hour".
A woman finds out that her husband is dead and thinks about all the freedom she will gain. Her husband returns very much alive and she has a heart attack.
What are the three semicolon rules?
Connecting Independent Clauses (Without a Conjunction)
Conjunctive Adverbs
Internal Punctuation
Polytheistic most likely means what?
belief in many gods
What rhetorical device is used in the following quote?
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
Ethos
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SAT
What are the 6 points on the plot diagram?
Exposition, conflict, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.