Abstract Language correct answers Words or phrases that refer to intangible ideas or to classes of people and objects rather than the people or things themselves. Abstractions are built on concrete ideas.
Abstract nouns correct answers A type of noun that can't be detected using your 5 senses. (...
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Abstract Language correct answers Words or phrases that refer to intangible ideas or to classes
of people and objects rather than the people or things themselves. Abstractions are built on
concrete ideas.
Abstract nouns correct answers A type of noun that can't be detected using your 5 senses. (Sight,
hearing, smell, touch, and taste.)
Active voice correct answers In an active sentence, the subject performs the action of the verb,
the person or thing that performs the action is named before the verb.
Ex:
James filed the papers yesterday.
Jin Lee sang the song beautifully.
Adjective correct answers A word that describes the noun or pronoun in a sentence. Adjectives
answer 1 of 3 questions about another word in a sentence.
(Which one, what kind, and how many?)
Adverb correct answers A word that descrives verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Adverbs
answer 1 of the 4 questions of another word in a sentence.
(Where, when, how, to what extent)
Alliteration correct answers The repetition of sounds, especially at the beginning of words.
Ex: She sells sea shells down by the sea shore.
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Antagonist correct answers The person, force, or idea working against the protagonist.
Antecedent correct answers The word or words to which a specific pronoun refers.
Ex: Denise lost an earring and she can't find it.
(Denise is the antecedent of the pronoun she. Earring is the antecedent of the PRONOUN it.)
Apostrophe correct answers A symbol ( ' ) used to show possession. It shows to whom or what a
NOUN belongs to.
Appositive correct answers A word or group of words that immediately follows a noun ot
pronoun. The appositive makes the pronoun more defined by explaining or indentifying it.
, Aside correct answers In drama, when a character speaks directly to the audience or another
character concerning the action on stage, but only the audience or the character addressed in the
aside is meant to hear.
Autobiography correct answers The true account of a person's life written by that person.
Ballad correct answers A poem that tells a story, usually rhyming. Typically, only the 2nd and
4th lines of a quatrain are rhymed.
Blank Verse correct answers Poetry in which the structure is controlled only by a metrical
schedme. Also called metered verse.
Cause and Effect correct answers A relationship where in one action or event ( the cause )
creates another action or event ( the effect ).
Ex: Because she'd studied for her test every morning during her commute to work, Maria felt
ready to take the test.
Characters correct answers People created by an author to carry the action, language, and ideas
of story or play.
Clause correct answers A group of words that contains both a subject and a predicate
Cliche correct answers A tired, overused word or phrase.
Climax correct answers The Turning Point or high point of action and tension in the plot.
Closet drama correct answers A play that is meant only to be read, not performed.
Colloquialism correct answers Informal word or phrase such as a lot, in a bind, pulled it off, and
so on. These words are regularly used in conversations between friends / rather than in official
written communication.
Colon correct answers Symbol (:) used to introduce a list of items; the part before the colon
should be a complete sentence.
Use a colon after an independent clause to introduce a list.
Ex: Travis requested his favorite Mel for his birthday: pizza, cheese bread, and ice cream.
Use a colon after an independent clause to introduce a quotation.
Ex: Emily explained her reason for leaving the magazine: " It's a dead-end job, no matter how
hard I work."
Use a colon between two independent clauses when you want to emphasize the second clause.
Ex: The result of the poll was clear: Obama would probably win the election.
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