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ADV ENGLISH FINALS

vocab ex, commas, grammar, italics, quotes, underline Test 12/21

QuestionAnswer
independent clause can stand alone
subordinate clause cannot stand alone
clause subject and predicate (verb)
(example) Mary ran away independent clause
(example) the bread subordinate clause
comma rule #1 commas after an introductory word or phrase
comma rule #2 commas before coordinating conjunctions that connect two clauses
comma rule #3 commas in names, addresses, numbers, dates, and titles
comma rule #4 commas that separate non-important information from the rest of the sentence
comma rule #5 commas to set off direct quotations
comma rule #6 to separate 3 or more items in a list
comma rule #7 commas that separate two adjectives that describe a single noun
comma rule #8 commas to set off mild interjections at the beginning of a sentence
comma rule #9 commas to set off transition elements, parenthetical elements, and conjunctive adverbs in a sentence
(vocab) she sang a sweet song alliteration
(vocab) the birds tweeted tight together alliteration
(vocab) similar to the riddle from the Sphinx allusion
(vocab) O' Brave new world allusion
(vocab) clap your hands and stamp your feet assonance
(vocab) oh holy night you shone on me assonance
(vocab) the night frost drips silently from the roof blank verse
(vocab) the dreams are clues that tell us take chances blank verse
(vocab) this was so hard; I think I'm going to die! hyperbole
(vocab) the elephant's ears could fit a whole circus hyperbole
(vocab) the 1st graders aced the AP Lit final irony
(vocab) the swimmer drowned irony
(vocab) she was the sun metaphor
(vocab) his horse was made of iron metaphor
(vocab) bang! onomatopoeia
(vocab) splash! onomatopoeia
(vocab) the sun smiled personification
(vocab) the cat was judging her personification
(vocab) her hair glowed like the sun simile
(vocab) she walked as a model would walk simile
italics large works -newspaper companies -novels -plays
quotations minor works -chapters in a book -poems
underline when writing by hand, it takes the place of italics
vocab that are not literary devices blank verse iambic pentameter theme
when to use semicolons to join two independent clauses in place of a comma and coordinating conjunction
when not to use semicolons when a subordinate clause comes before an independent clause
when can you use comma rule #1 emphasis, SC IC, direct address, introductory phrase
Created by: stella_koe
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