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Chapter 2 Grammar
Chapter 3 Grammar
Literary Terms
Short Stories and Poems
Miscellaneous
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Name two of the four things that nouns name.
Person, place, thing, or idea
100
Name one of the two things that verbs state.
Action and being
100
Fill in the blanks: A _____________ is a person, place, or thing that ___________ something else.
symbol; represents
100
Who is the author of "The Masque of the Red Death"?
Edgar Allen Poe
100
What are the two main parts of a sentence?
Subject and predicate
200
What do proper nouns name?
A particular person, place, or thing. All proper nouns begin with a capital letter.
200
What are the two types of verbs?
Action and linking
200
What is a symbol? Give one example from one of the stories we've read.
A symbol is a person, place, or thing that represents something else. Examples vary.
200
"The Monkey's Paw" is a story about why people should not attempt to interfere with ______________.
Fate
200
What are all of the demonstrative pronouns?
this, that, these, those
300
What is an antecedent?
An antecedent is the noun that a pronoun refers to or replaces.
300
If you are trying to figure out whether a verb is transitive or intransitive, what two questions do you ask after you've found the subject and verb?
What? or Whom?
300
Which stories that we've read demonstrate how authors' perspectives may be different even if two authors are writing about the same event?
"The Final Assault" and "The Dream Comes True"
300
In "The Masque of the Red Death," what does the ebony clock symbolize?
The inevitable passage of time as one constantly marches towards death.
300
Most books and fictional stories are written in what person?
Third person
400
Personal pronouns are divided into three types that we have studied. Name one type and give an example.
1st Person: I, me, my, mine (singular); we, us, our, ours (plural) 2nd Person: you, your, yours (singular and plural) 3rd Person: he, him, his, she, her, hers, it, its (singular); they, them, their, theirs (plural)
400
Is the following sentence transitive or intransitive? If it is transitive, change the sentence to make it intransitive. If it is intransitive, change it to make it transitive. In some cities police on horses patrol streets.
It is transitive. Sample intransitive: "In some cities police on horses patrol during baseball games."
400
_________________ ____________________ is how the author views and interprets events that he or she hears, sees, or experiences personnally.
Author's perspective
400
"The Street" is a poem about a man who believes he is being ____________________.
followed
400
"Damon and Pythias" is an example of what kind of story?
A myth
500
Name all five interrogative pronouns.
What, which, who, whom, whose
500
What are the two questions you ask to determine whether a verb is an action verb or a linking verb?
1) Does the verb link the subject with a word that renames or describes the subject? 2) Does the verb show action?
500
Give an example of 1) The climax of one of the stories we've read. 2) Where suspense is built in one of the stories. 3) Foreshadowing in one of the stories.
Answers vary
500
In "Two Friends" what does the Prussian officer want to find out?
The password for the outpost
500
What does the Prussian officer order to be done at the very end of "Two Friends"?
He orders his soldiers to fry the fish that the two friends caught "while they are still alive."