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English 1 Unit 1
Vocabulary and key ideas from unit 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| To make the writing's message easy to understand by following logical progression of ideas. | Coherence |
| A word that completes the meaning of a verb in the sentence. | Complement |
| The choice of words used to express ideas. | Diction |
| Words or groups of words that change, qualify, describe, limit and characterize meaning of other words. | Modifiers |
| A series of sentences developing a single topic. | Paragraph |
| The individuality of the manner in which an auther writes. | Style |
| The attitude a writer takes toward a subject, character or audience. | Tone |
| When all of the sentences in a paragraph work together as a unit to express or support one main idea. | Unity |
| The way a piece of writing sounds determined by sentence structure, word choice and tone. | Voice |
| A group of words expressing a complete thought. | Sentence |
| A partial sentence, one that does not ocmplete its thought. | Fragment |
| The "whom" or "what" is being talked about. | Subject |
| Tells you what the subject is doing. | Predicate |
| The main word or group of words in the complete subject. | Simple Subject |
| The word or group of words that tells you specifically what the subject is doing. | Simple Predicate |
| Made up of two or more subjects (nounds or pronouns) joined by a conjunction but having the same verb. | Compound Subject |
| Consists of tow or more verbs joined by a conjunction. | Compound Predicate (Verb) |
| A noun, pronoun, or adjective that follows a linking verb and re-names the subject or describes it. | Subject Complement |
| Another name for Subject Complements, given because it re-names the subject in the predicate of the sentence. | Predicate Nominative |
| am, is, are, was, were, will or shall be, has been, had been, will or shall have been, should be, could be, might be, can be, may be | Forms of "to be" |
| And adjective that follows a linking verb and describes the subject. | Predicate Adjective |
| Tells you for whom or to whom something is done or given. | Indirect Object |
| Answers "what" from the verb. Example: The dog ate the food. Q. Ate what? A. Food | Direct Object |
| Change the meanings of nouns and pronouns and answer such questions as "Which one?" "What kind?" "How many?" | Adjective |
| Change the meanings of verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs, and answer such questions as "Where?" "When?" "Why?" "To what extent?" | Adverbs |
| Begins with a preposition and ends with an object of the preposition. | Prepositional Phrase |
| Ends a prepositional phrase and is also a noun. | Object of the Preposition |
| A direction word that begins a prepositional phrase. | Preposition |
| A sentence that makes a statement or assertion and is followed by a period. | Declarative |
| A sentence that gives a command or makes a request and is generally followed by a period. | Imperative |
| A sentence that asks a question and is followed by a question mark. | Interrogative |
| A sentence that makes a strong, generally emotional statement and is followed by an exclamation mark. | Exclamatory |
| Words that help you move smoothly from one sentence to another. | Transitional Expressions |
| When all of the sentences in a paragraph work together as a unit to express or support one main idea. | Unity |
| The way a piece of writing sounds determined by sentence structure, word choice and tone. | Voice |
Created by:
MrsMcDonald
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