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English 9 week exam
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| noun | names a person, place, thing, or idea |
| appositive | a noun placed next to another noun to identify and add information about it Mexico City, the biggest city in the world, has many interesting archaeological sites. Mexico City = the biggest city in the world |
| singular noun | only one item examples: boy, girl, book, house, cat |
| plural noun | more than one item examples: boys, girls, books, houses, cats |
| common noun | any person, place or thing |
| proper noun | specific person, place, or thing (begins with a capital letter |
| concrete noun | Classified by its ability to reach the senses, something physical. Something you can taste, touch, hear, smell or see an item. Examples are water, air or pizza. |
| abstract noun | Something you cannot taste, touch, hear, smell or see. Examples are honesty, courage and loyalty. |
| possessive noun | Shows ownership (having or owning). Formed by adding an apostrophe and "s" or only an apostrophe. Examples are John's car or the car belongs to John it is not Mark's. Mark is Johns' brother. |
| collective noun | the words used to define a group of people, animals or inanimate things. For example, in the phrase a "flock of geese" or a " pride of lions", flock and pride are collective nouns. |
| compound noun | formed by joining two simple nouns together. Examples are boyfriend (made from boy and friend) or girlfriend. |
| pronoun | a word that takes the place of a noun. She, herself, it, and this are examples |
| antecedent | a word or phrase that a subsequent word refers to. "Mary" is the antecedent of "her" in the sentence "I'll give this to Mary if I see her." |
| subject pronouns | doer of the action (I, you, he, she, it, we you, they) |
| object pronouns | receiver of the action (me, you, him, her, it, us them) |
| possessive pronouns | possessive case (mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs) |
| reflexive pronoun | A pronoun that ends in -self or -selves, used as an object to refer to a previously named noun or pronoun in a sentence. (myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves) |
| intensive pronoun | A pronoun ending in -self or -selves that serves to emphasize its antecedent: "Do not impose on others what you yourself do not desire." |
| interrogative pronoun | introduces a question (who, whom, whose, which, and what) |
| demonstrative pronoun | distinguishes its antecedent from similar things, precedes a noun |
| indefinate pronoun | does not refer to a particular person or thing |
| clause | A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate |
| independent (main) clause | has a subject and a predicate and can stand alone as a sentence |
| dependent (subordinate) clause | A group of words that contains a subject and a predicate |
| simple sentence | has one complete subject and one complete predicate |
| complex sentence | A sentence that contains an independent clause and at least one dependent clause |
| compound-complex sentence | A sentence with two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause |
| metaphor | comparison between two objects that are not thought of to be the same, doesn't use the words "like" or "as." |
| simile | comparison between two unlike objects using the words "like" or "as". |
| personification | animals or inanimate (nonliving) objects are given human qualities or characteristics. |
| imagery | uses words to paint a picture in the reader's mind |
| Main Idea | the idea that most of the passage covers. It is the basic point that the author wants to convey to the reader. |
| cause | why something happens |
| effect | what happens because of the cause |
| infer | evidence based guesses, coming up with your own ideas, answers, or thoughts about what you have read |
| climax | the turning point of the story, where the main character makes the single big decision that defines the outcome of their story and who they are as a person |
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