Terminology
Literary Devices
Clauses & Sentence Types
CER
"The Lady or the Tiger"
100

This is the grammatical term for a complete sentence. 

An IC/independent clause

100

Which literary device uses "like" or "as" to compare two things as similar?

simile

100

This sentence type is the only type with one clause. 

simple sentence.
100

What does CER stand for?

Claim

Evidence

Reasoning

100

What happens if the condemned man is found guilty?

He's eaten by an underfed and hungry tiger. 

200

Fill in the blank: You are required to know four sentence types: simple, compound, complex, and ________________. 

compound-complex

200

When writing a theme, how long must it be?

One full sentence. 

200

Fill in the blank: If an IC comes first in a complex sentence, then you don't need ______.

Compound (two ICs)

200

The claim should not have what word in it?

because (This separates a claim from a thesis). 

200

What happens if the condemned man is found innocent but he's already married?

Bigamy doesn't matter; a priest comes out and marries the two anyway. 
300

This is the grammatical term for the FANBOYS.

A coordinating conjunction

300

Which irony is this: The audience knows that Andy's toys come to life, but he doesn't.

Dramatic irony. 

300

This type of word demotes an IC into a DC.

a subordinating conjunction (SC)

300

How many sentences of analysis must you have in an honors CER in total?

4 (2 for Evidence #1 and 2 for Evidence #2)

300
How can the lady be characterized? 

jealous, semi-barbaric, similar to her father, agonized, etc. 

400

This word means the words that an author chooses to use in their writing.

Diction

400

Consider this scenario:

Two known enemies become trapped under a fallen tree. The near-death experience is enough for them to see that their feud is foolish. One man passes another man a flask to keep him warm.

The flask is a symbol. What does it symbolize?

A peace offering/a truce

400

This is the only sentence type with two of the same clauses.

Compound sentences (2 IC's and 0 DC)

400

In order to have effective reasoning/analysis, what must a writer do in regards to the evidence?

Pick a small chunk of evidence to use as analysis to relate it back to the claim.

400
Why is the king upset that his daughter fell in love with that particular man?

The man is a commoner of no royal blood. 

500

This is the term for the rules of a language/how words are arranged to form coherent sentences.

Syntax

500

What's the difference between mood and tone?

Mood=the audience's feelings towards something. 

Tone=the author's feelings towards something. 

500

These two sentence types are the only ones to use a semicolon.

Compound & compound-complex

500

Name one thing wrong with this citation?

"For Christmas I prayed for this blond-haired boy, Robert, and a slim new American nose" (Tan para 1). 

The evidence is not introduced.



Nothing should be in between the author's last name and number. 

500

What is Stockton's tone toward the king's ideas in this excerpt?  

"…the accused person was instantly punished if he found himself guilty; and, if innocent, he was rewarded on the spot, whether he liked it or not" (Stockton 2). 

The author is critical toward the king and his methods.