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LA Review Sem 1
Mrs. Hamilton Review EOCA1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| pro | before, forward, for |
| syn/sym | together |
| dict | to say, tell, speak |
| cycl | circle or ring |
| under | below |
| phon/phone | voice or sound |
| tele | distant |
| migr | move |
| inter | among or between |
| gen | birth or race |
| port | carry |
| serv | save or keep |
| expository writing | writing to explain or inform about something |
| descriptive writing | writing to describe something or someone |
| narrative writing | writing to tell a story |
| persuasive writing | writing to convince someone of something |
| revision | correcting your writing to make sure it expresses your ideas and includes the right information |
| editing | correcting your writing to make sure the grammar, spelling and capitalization is correct |
| revision | Example: adding new information |
| revision | Example: change wording (synonyms) |
| editing | Example: fixing punctuation |
| editing | Example: correct spelling |
| thesis statement | tells the main idea (focus or central idea) of a piece of writing/speech |
| the chairperson | not capitalized when used with a or the and not a person's name |
| Chairperson Peterson | capitalized because it is a person's title with their name |
| Sir | capitalized when used as a name for someone: "Hello, Sir!" |
| my mom | not capitalized because not used as a name |
| Mom | capitalized when used as a name: "Mom, will you please watch a movie with me?" |
| Marley and Me | as a book title, this should be underlined or italicized |
| articles | teeny, tiny adjectives used to mark nouns that come next: a, an, the |
| simple subject | is simply the subject noun |
| simple predicate | is simply the verb |
| adverb | adds to the verb (adjective, or another adverb) to tell how, when, or where |
| adjective | describes a noun to tell what kind?, which one?, or how many? |
| predicate noun | renames the subject is connected by a linking verb: Ex. (PrN=mathematician) Thomas is a mathemactician. |
| linking verbs | not action verbs; connect the subject to a predicate noun or predicate adjective: Ex. (LV=were) The roses were beautiful last summer. |
| past tense | tells what happened yesterday or another time before today: Ex. (studied) Last week we studied the Constitution. |
| present tense | tells what is happening: Ex. We have a Science lab today. |
| future tense | tells what will happen later on, after the present: Tomorrow we will go to Seattle. |
| direct object | takes the action of an action verb: Example: (DO=marker) Tom found a better marker. (i.e. found what? marker) |
| direct object | is tickets in the sentence: The math student quickly gave the teacher his tickets for the day. |
| subject | is student in the sentence: The math student quickly gave the teacher his tickets for the day. |
| simple predicate | is gave in the sentence: The math student quickly gave the teacher his tickets for the day. |
| adjective | is math in the sentence: The math student quickly gave the teacher his tickets for the day. |
| adverb | is quickly in the sentence: The math student quickly gave the teacher his tickets for the day. |
| preposition | is for in the sentence: The math student quickly gave the teacher his tickets for the day. |
| past tense | is the tense for the sentence: The math student quickly gave the teacher his tickets. |
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