Homonyms
Please (precede/proceed) with caution through the construction zone
What is proceed?
To proceed means to go forward or onward, especially after an interruption; move on, advance
A reference to something outside the text, often Biblical, Greek, or Roman.
What is an allusion?
Descriptive words
What are adjectives?
Used to add a pause or frame dependent clauses in a sentence.
What is a comma?
One of my best friends is/are an extra on Seinfeld this week.
What is is?
Reina is in (eminent/imminent/emanate) danger and needs our help right away.
What is imminent?
Imminent means about to occur, impending.
A hint at something to come in later the story.
What is foreshadowing?
When 2 independent clauses are joined into one sentence.
What is a compound sentence?
Used to end an interrogative sentence.
What is a question mark?
Each and every student and instructor in this building hope/hopes for a new facility by next year.
What is hopes?
Jillian met with a lawyer to see if her landlord could be (persecuted/ prosecuted) for his negligence regarding her apartment building.
What is prosecuted?
To prosecute is to bring a criminal action against (someone)
An extended comparison of two unlike things, used to attribute characteristics of one thing to the other thing.
(no "like" or "as")
What is a metaphor?
The word nobody is singular/plural.
What is singular?
Nobody cares.
Used to indicate a long pause, to build suspense, or to let someone know you're typing a text response.
What are ellipses?
Rice and beans, my favorite dish, remind/reminds me of my native Puerto Rico.
What is reminds?
It was a grueling six-hour (ascent/assent) from our camp to the top of the mountain.
What is ascent?
An ascent is an upward slope; a movement upward, advancement.
A short personal story often told to illustrate a point
What is an anecdote?
When a modifier is too close to the wrong noun in a sentence.
What is a misplaced modifier?
Used to frame dialogue or cite words attributed to another speaker
What are quotation marks?
To an outsider, the economics of this country seems/seem to be in disarray.
What is seem?
Here is a list of the books the school librarian would like to (censor/ censure/sensor) because she feels they are inappropriate for children.
What is censor?
To censor is to forbid the publication, distribution, or other public dissemination of something because it is considered obscene or otherwise politically or morally unacceptable.
When a poet or author repeats the beginning of a phrase over and over again.
What is anaphora?
The raw form of a verb.
For ex. Eat healthy and workout to lose weight.
What is an infinitive?
Used to connect compound nouns or join proper nouns like surnames.
What is a hyphen?
Four years is/are a long time to spend away from your friends and family.
What is is?