Vocab Vortex
This word is defined as "thin, pale, and careworn as a result of worry or suffering; wild-looking."
What is "haggard"?
This term is given to those that can stand alone as a sentence.
This is a word, phrase, or clause that is placed too far from the word or words it modifies, leading to confusion and ambiguity in the sentence.
What is a misplaced modifier?
This is a category of words used in conjunction with a main verb in order to create verb phrases.
What are helping verbs?
This first person pronoun is the best fit for the following sentence.
Jessie refused to pass James and ____ the bread.
What is "me"?
As a noun, this word is defined as "a person who does the humble and unpleasant tasks."
What is "menial"?
This is the dependent clause in the following sentence.
"Because it was raining, the game was canceled"
What is "Because it was raining"?
This error is contained in the following sentence.
"While walking along the shore, the clumps of seaweed tripped me."
What is a dangling modifier?
This is the part of a sentence that the noun phrase "her teacher" serves as in the following sentence.
"The student gave her teacher the book."What is an indirect object?
Language such as "I think" or "In my opinion" shares this category of words, which should be avoided in formal essays to make one's writing sound more objective and persuasive.
What is first person language?
"Foreign" is a synonym of this word.
What is "exotic"?
This term describes the error formed in the following sentence.
The chef cooked dinner, the guests arrived.
What is a run-on sentence?
This adverb is a misplaced modifier in the following sentence.
"We glued together the vase we broke quietly."
What is "quietly"?
This is the verb phrase in the following sentence.
"He has been working on his essay all day."
What is "has been working"?
This interrogative pronoun should be used in the following sentence because it acts as the object of the preposition "to."
"To ____ did you give the award?"
What is "whom"?
This vocab word is the best fit for the following sentence.
The vile ________ hoped to gain power by deceiving those who believed in him.
What is "turncoat"?
The dependent clause "who walked up the driveway" is serving as this part of speech the following sentence.
"The dog barked loudly at the mail carrier who walked up the driveway"
What is an adjective?
This adjective phrase is a dangling modifier in the following sentence.
"Having finished dinner, the mess gave whoever had to clean them a clear idea of how much work was in store."
What is "Having finished dinner"?
This is the predicate nominative in the following sentence.
"My favorite dessert here has always been the crème brûlée."
What is "the crème brûlée"?
This term is used to describe the particular use of a word in the following sentence.
"There was a feeling of excitement in the air before the concert began."
What is an introductory there?
Thomas Jefferson was the first to ever use this word in writing, using it in his criticism of French naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon's controversial claim that American species, including humans, were naturally smaller and inferior to European ones.
What is "belittle"?
This variety of adverb clause is utilized in the following sentence.
"While gazing at the stars, he felt a sense of wonder."
What is a reduced adverb clause?
This adjective clause is a misplaced modifier in the following sentence.
"As the man walked through the park, he saw a squirrel quickly climbing a tree that had a bushy tail."
What is "that had a bushy tail"?
This part of a sentence consists of a noun clause in the following sentence.
"The experienced hikers knew that the weather could change suddenly, because they had encountered storms on the trail before."
What is a direct object?
This is the main clause's subject in the following sentence.
There is a legend that claims the constellation Orion was once a mighty hunter before he was placed among the stars.
What is "a legend"?