Grammar Basics
the noun that performs the verb
What is the subject?
a figure of speech that compares two things using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
what begins your essay and grabs your reader's attention right away
What is a hook?
Book with the line "When you play the game of thrones you win or you die.”
What is A Game of Thrones (by George R. R. Martin)?
author of the Harry Potter series
Who is J.K. Rowling?
a word that replaces a noun
What is a pronoun?
What is hyperbole?
words and phrases that connect one idea to the next
What are transitions?
the play with the quote “This above all: To thine own self be true."
What is Hamlet (by William Shakespeare)?
current popular author of such books as It Ends with Us, November, and Ugly Love
Who is Colleen Hoover?
you put a comma before the word "and" when you have this on both sides of the "and."
What is "independent clause" or "complete sentence"?
'Pop', 'crack' and 'splat' are examples of what type of figurative language?
What is onomatopoeia?
an essay that in autobiographical and lets the reader learn something about you
What is a personal statement?
the book with the line, “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair"
What is A Tale of Two Cities (by Charles Dickens)?
author of The Great Gatsby
Who is F. Scott Fitzgerald?
4 types of words that should be capitalized (there are much more than 4)
What are names (Sam); countries (U.S.); cities (Chicago); names of geographical features (parks, mountains, rivers, roads, lakes, oceans); businesses (Apple, Microsoft); words at the beginning of a sentence; I (the pronoun); the titles of books, movies, albums, magazines, newspapers, songs; time periods, wars, and events; language (English); holidays (Christmas); days of the week and months; political parties (Republicans & Democrats); religions (Christianity, Judaism)?
"She's the Einstein of his class", "Getting up early is my Achilles' heel" and "my backyard was a new Garden of Eden" are all examples of this figurative language technique.
What is allusion?
a formal essay (different from a personal statement) should always include these two paragraphs
What is an introduction and a conclusion paragraph?
Book with the line “Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
What is Wuthering Heights (by Emily Bronte)
leader of the Harlem Renaissance who penned the line "What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun?"
Who is Langston Hughes?
List 3 subordinating conjunctions (there are much more than 3)
What is after, although, as, as if, as long as, because, before, despite, even if, even though, if, in order that, rather than, since, so that, that, though, unless, until, when, where, whereas, whether, while?
Justin Bieber: "I'm not going for the Sixteenth Chapel look."
Dan Quayle: "Republicans understand the importance of bondage between a mother and child."
Mike Tyson: "I'm fading into Bolivian."
These are all 3 examples of this type of writing/speaking error
What is malaprop or malapropism? (Sistine Chapel, bond between a mother and child, fading into oblivion)
a essay about a obstacle you have overcome, should show this at the end of your essay
What is your personal growth (or your positive characteristics, how you overcame the obstacle, etc)?
book with the line “It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife.”
What is Pride & Prejudice (by Jane Austen)?
African American female author of the twentieth century, famous for writing Beloved, Bluest Eyes, and Song of Solomon
Who is Toni Morrison?