Transcript American History L to J Quiz

Grammar
L to J Quiz
Hannah Harris and Jacob Kluch
Horizon High School
Paradise Valley District, Phoenix, AZ
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This type of verb describes a
physical or mental action.
Action Verb
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What type of sentence is
completed with an adjective?
Adjectival Complement
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An adjective that can function
as a noun is called a
____________.
Adjectival Noun
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What type of clause is used
like an adjective to modify a
noun or pronoun?
Adjective Clause
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What part of speech describes
a noun?
Adjective
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What part of a sentence
modifies the verb to show time,
manner, place, frequency, and
degree?
Ex: It is nearly done.
Adjuncts
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What part of speech is formed
by adding -ly to an adjective
and modifies the meaning of a
verb?
Ex: He ran quickly.
Adverb
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What is it called when the words,
sentences, and grammar in a sentence
are in alignment with each other?
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Agreement
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What is it called when a word or
phrase at the end of a sentence is
repeated at the beginning of the next
sentence?
Ex: Here, we don’t accept failure.
Failure is not an option.
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Anadiplosis
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What is the word that a pronoun
refers to or replaces?
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Antecedent
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What is the type of noun or pronoun
phrase that, when placed next to
another, gives extra information or
explanation?
Ex: The dog, a West Highland White,
started barking.
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Appositive
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What part of speech are the
words “a,” “an,” and “the?”
Articles
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What type of adjective
usually comes before the
noun it modifies without a
linking verb?
Attributive Adjective
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What type of verb usually
appears as a verb phrase, using
more than one verb to portray
the action (also called a
helping verb)?
Auxiliary Verb
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What must be done to the first word of
a quoted sentence, proper noun, or
title?
Ex: Rainsford was shipwrecked on Ship
Trap Island.
Capitalization
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What words or phrases, similar to
pronouns, point forward to something
later in the text?
Ex: As he was unaccustomed to it, Jake
found the pressure very hard to deal
with.
Cataphora
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What is the part of the sentence
that usually contains a subject
and a verb? It is usually
connected to the other part of the
sentence by a conjunction.
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Clause
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What type of noun names a
group of things?
Ex: The school of fish swam in
perfect unison.
Collective Noun
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What introduces a list of items or a long,
formal quotation?
Ex: The team dreamed of the best way to end
the season: practicing hard every day, giving
each other encouragement, playing hard
during every game, and winning the state
title.
Colon
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What do we use to separate
independent clauses when they are
joined by any coordinating
conjunctions (and, but, for, or, nor, so,
yet)?
Ex: He did not study, so he thought the test
was hard.
Commas
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What form of adjective or
adverb is used to compare two
things?
Ex: The Nile is longer than the
Amazon.
Comparatives
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What is the part of the sentence that
comes after the verb and is needed to
make the sentence complete?
Ex: A glacier is a huge body of ice.
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Complement
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What type of sentence has one
independent clause and at least one
dependent clause?
Ex: I ate the meal that you cooked.
Complex Sentences
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What type of sentence is composed of
at least two independent clauses and
does not require a dependent clause?
Ex: My friend invited me to a party, but
my parents didn’t let me go.
Compound Sentence
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What connects words, phrases,
or clauses?
Ex: like, and, but, when, or
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Conjunction
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What are words, phrases, or clauses
that are unclear regarding which
element of the sentence they are
modifying?
Ex: Having trouble sleeping, the TV
helps me get through the night.
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Dangling Modifiers
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What type of sentence makes a
statement and ends in a period?
Ex: My birthday is in December.
Declarative Sentence
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The word “the” is an example
of a(n):
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Definite Article
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What are words/phrases that can be
understood from the context of the
text?
Ex: Tom’s interview was about to start
and he was feeling nervous about it.
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Deixis
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This indicates whether something is
near or far from the speaker or writer
and also shows whether something is
singular or plural.
Ex: Could you pass me those books?
Demonstrative
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This type of clause cannot stand alone
and needs another clause to complete
the meaning.
Ex: After their club meeting, the girls
walked home together.
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Dependent Clause
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The __________ of a verb is
affected by the action of a verb.
Ex: She closed the door.
Direct Object
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A ______________ is a word or phrase
used in conversation to signal the
speaker’s intention to mark a
boundary.
Ex: “Anyway, I’ll have to be going now.”
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Discourse Marker
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This expresses the speaker or writer’s
attitude to what is being described in
the sentence.
Ex: Fortunately, we managed to get
there on time.
Disjuncts
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What is a series of marks that usually
indicate an intentional omission of a
word or sentence?
Ex: “What should I do this
weekend…?”
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Ellipses
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A _____________ clause is a clause in
which some words have been left out.
Ex: I don’t want to go (to the beach).
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Elliptical Clause
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The repetition of a word or phrase at
the end of different phrases, clauses, or
sentences is called _____________.
Ex: When I was a child, I spoke as a
child.
Epistrophe
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The history of a word is
______________.
Etymology
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This type of sentence uses,
contains, or expresses an
exclamation.
Ex: Have fun storming the
castle!
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Exclamatory
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What person is used in the
sentence below?
Ex: When I go on road trips, I
like to keep my car’s tank of
gas full.
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First Person
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What are incomplete sentences called?
Ex: Such as electrical, chemical, and
industrial engineering.
Fragments
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This verb tense expresses an
action that has not happened
yet.
Ex: I will walk to the park.
Future Tense
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A ___________ is a verb when
it acts a noun.
Ex: Studying is good for you.
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Gerund
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An expression that is particular
to a specific language is called
a(n) ______________.
Ex: He is pushing up daisies.
Idiom
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This type of sentence gives advice or
instructions or expresses a request or
command.
Ex: Turn in your papers as soon as you
get into class.
Imperative Sentence
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The words “a” and “an” are:
Indefinite Article
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These words replace nouns without
specifying which noun they replace.
Ex: He has one job during the school
year and another during the summer.
Indefinite Pronouns
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These act as complete
sentences
Independent Clauses
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The ______________ of a verb is not
directly affected by the action, but can
either receive the direct object or have
the action done for them.
Ex: She sent James the letter.
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Indefinite Object
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_______________ usually occur with
“to” and it is a verb that shows no
person, tense, or aspect.
Ex: I had to go.
Infinitive Phrases
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These words or short phrases are used
in speech to gain attention, to exclaim,
protest, or command.
Ex: Wait! What’s going on here?
Interjection
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These verbs do not have a
direct object.
Ex: The guards stood at the
front door of the bank.
Intransitive Verb
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This sets off words when referring to
foreign words, words that are being
emphasized, or words that are not
common in English.
Ex: What does the word persona
mean?
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Italics
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This is the language used by people
who work in a particular area or who
have a common interest.
Ex: I need an O.R., stat!
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Jargon
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This type of verb links the
subject of a sentence to a word
in the predicate.
Ex: Donna is a shopaholic.
Linking Verb
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This type of verb is an auxiliary verb
like can, may, must, etc. that modifies
the main verb and expresses
possibility.
Ex: We can find your house without
using Google.com for directions.
Modal Verb
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The _______ of a verb is the manner in
which the action or condition is
conceived or intended.
Ex: Please provide a copy of your
driver’s license.
Mood
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This unit of language has meaning, but
differs from a word because one cannot
stand alone.
Ex: Breaking a mirror is considered
unlucky.
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Morpheme
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This term applies to a list of names
and/or terms
Ex: We use the Dewey Decimal System
in modern libraries.
Nomenclature
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This gives extra information about a
noun or noun phrase and has commas
at both ends.
Ex: My sister, who lives in France, is
coming to stay with me next week.
Non-Defining Relative Clause
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Speakers who do not pronounce the
letter “r” after vowels in words are
called what?
Ex: Most of the world’s surface is
covered in water.
Non-Rhotic
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This follows and modifies or
refers to a direct object.
Ex: The school voted
Elizabeth class president.
Object Complement
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This is the study of
pronunciation or correct
punctuation.
Orthoepy
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This type of word reads the
same back or forward.
Ex: He was able to finish the
dangerous race without
damaging his racecar.
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Palindrome
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This is a balance of two or more similar
words, phrases, or clauses that can
improve writing style and readability.
Ex: Mary likes swimming, hiking, and
riding a bicycle.
Parallel Structure
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This is a verb used as an adjective that
usually ends in -ing or -ed.
Ex: The crashing wave pounded on the
beach.
Participle
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When the subject receives the action,
you are speaking what voice?
Ex: The mailman was bitten by the
dog.
Passive Voice
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This tense is used for past actions that
happened at a specific time, which can
be given by a time phrase.
Ex: I liked the movie we saw last night.
Past Simple Tense
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Use a _________ at the end
of all declarative sentences,
most imperative sentences.
Period
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The three types are 1st, 2nd,
and 3rd.
Person
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A simple sentence can be divided into
two parts: the subject and the
____________.
Ex: She wrote a book.
Predicate
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A word that links a noun, pronoun, or
gerund to other words and show
direction is called a __________.
Ex: He’s going to the shop.
Preposition
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This is the combination of a
preposition and its complement.
Ex: She left early to get to the bank.
Prepositional Phrases
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This depicts actions that are
repeated or habitual.
Ex: I get up at 9:00 A.M.
Present Simple Tense
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Use these at the beginning and at the
end of a direct quotation.
Ex: When I asked her what happened,
she responded, “Our car broke down.”
Quotation Mark
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The use of unnecessary words or
phrases that express something already
said is called ____________.
Ex: If all of us cooperate together, we
will succeed.
Redundancy
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These are words such as that, who,
which, whose, and whom and can be
used to introduce clauses in sentences.
Ex: The woman who interviewed me
was very friendly.
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Relative Pronouns
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This is an object in a passive sentence
that would also be the object in an
active sentence.
Ex: She was given the job by the
previous manager. The previous
manager gave her the job.
Retained Object
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This is a sentence in which two or more
independent clauses (complete
sentences) are joined without appropriate
punctuation or conjunction.
Ex: The next chapter has a lot of difficult
information in it, you should start
studying right away.
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Run-On Sentence
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This is the vowel sound in many lightly
pronounced, unaccented syllables in
words of more than one syllable.
Ex: a in adept,
e in synthesis,
i in decimal
Schwa
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This is used when referring to
someone as “you.”
Ex: When are you coming
home?
Second Person
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Use a ___________ in place of a period
to separate two sentences where the
conjunction has been left out.
Ex: The sun is high; put on some sun
block.
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This is a group of words that tells a
complete thought, typically containing
a subject and predicate.
Ex: Hopefully there won’t be a lot of
homework in this class.
Sentence
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This type of sentence contains one
subject and one main verb, as well as
one independent clause.
Ex: I like coffee.
Simple Sentence
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This is when a word of phrase comes
between the particle “to” and the verb
in an infinitive.
Ex: “to boldly go where no man has
gone before”
Split-Infinitive
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This is when nouns and
adjectives refer to the subject.
Ex: Glaciers are beautiful and
potentially dangerous at the
same time.
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Subject Complement
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When the subject of a sentence is
composed of two or more nouns
or pronouns, use a plural noun.
Ex: She and her friends are at the
fair.
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Subject/Verb Agreement
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This form of a verb expresses the
action or state not as a fact, but only as
a conception of the mind still
contingent and dependent.
Ex: If need be, you may have extra time
on your assignment.
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This form of an adjective or
adverb that shows which
things has the quality above or
below the level of others.
Ex: Mount Everest is the
highest mountain in the world.
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Superlative
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When two near-synonyms are
placed in near proximity, it is
called __________.
Ex: Draw a round circle.
Tautology
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This is used to show the
relation between the action or
state described by the verb and
the time, which is reflected in
the form of the verb.
Tense
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This is used when referring to any
person, place, or thing other than the
speaker, using he, she, and it.
Ex: He decided to go for a run on the
beach.
Third Person
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This is an action verb that
appears with a direct object.
Ex: He slammed the book
down on the table.
Transitive Verb
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These words are used to
express action, a condition, or
a state of being.
Ex: He plays basketball.
Verb
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This form of a verb is used as a
different part of speech.
Ex: We can only learn to love by
loving.
Verbal
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This shows past, present, and
future.
Verb Tense
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Use the he/him method to decide
which word is correct and one typically
follows a preposition.
Ex: _____ wrote the letter?
For _____ should I vote?
Who v. Whom
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This is the omission of the article “the”
or “a(n).”
Ex: This plant grows in sandy soil and
on the edges of swamps.
Zero Article
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This figure of speech describes the
joining of two or more parts of a
sentence with a single common verb or
noun.
Ex: He lost his coat and his temper.
Zeugma
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