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English Final 7B
38 cards·by nottingham123
What does a stage direction look like in text?
Shown in brackets
"[With wicked laugh]" says what about the character?
He is evil
"She ___ those shoes once already" fill with present perfect
Has bought
"They ___ the radio to listen to the game" fill with present perfect
Have turned on
"You ___ once before we got the new pet" fill with past perfect
Had come
"We ___ for two hours before we are allowed to have a break" fill with future perfect
Will have worked
What is the central message or lesson of a story called?
A theme
What is a traditional story with an unknown author that often includes gods or legends called?
A myth
What is a quest?
A journey an epic hero takes with hero's tasks that must be completed
What hero's tasks did Perseus have to complete?
Winged sandals, magic wallet, invisible cap, and the head of Medusa
What is an appositive phrase?
Noun phrase that gives a new name to a noun beside it
What is the appositive phrase of " Adi and Srisha, dear friends of ours, live in California
now"?
Dear friends of ours
What is the appositive phrase of "Lake Victoria, one of the largest lakes in the world, is full
of fish and hippos"?
One of the largest lakes in the world
What is the appositive phrase of "Danes, people from Denmark, love to make paper flowers at
Christmas time"?
People from Denmark
What is a cause and effect argument?
The author tries to show that one event causes another event to occur
What is an analogy argument?
Comparing two unlike things that typically have at least three similarities
What is an authority argument?
Questioning the source's reliability
What is ad hominem?
The character is attacked
What are categorical claims?
Relate to an entire group
What is exaggeration?
Vast overstatement
What is stereotyping?
Generalization that is untrue
What type of logical fallacy is the following: "Blonde people are not as clever as brunettes"?
Stereotype
What type of logical fallacy is the following: "Don't listen to Ellen's idea for the school
play. She's lazy"?
Ad hominem
What type of logical fallacy is the following: "That's the stupidest idea I have ever heard"?
Exaggeration
What type of logical fallacy is the following: "All German Shepherds make good pets"?
Categorical claims
What does the following argument appeal to: "You should go to my private school because it has
the top ranked students in it"?
Logic
What is an adverbial clause?
Dependent clauses that modify verbs and verb phrases
Identify the adverbial clause: " If you pay him the money, he will work all day".
If you pay him the money
Identify the adverbial clause: "Because you ate 50 cookies, your stomach hurts"?
Because you ate 50 cookies
What is parallel structure?
You build your sentence in the same way grammatically on all sides
What is a progressive verb tense?
To be verb + ing
What is the structure for past perfect progressive?
Had been + ing
What is the structure for present perfect progressive?
Have + ing, has + ing
What is the structure for future perfect progressive?
Will have been + ing
What is a modifier?
Adjective or adverb that adds to a noun or noun phrase
What is an antecedent?
Noun or group of words that a pronoun refers to later in the sentence
What is a direct message?
Stated outright
What is an implicit message?
Implied