What does an

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• What does an
• adjective do in our
• language?

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• describes a noun
• or pronoun

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2. What are the 3 adjective test questions?
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what kind which one how many
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3. What are the comparative and superlative
endings?
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• er
• est

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4. Find the proper adjective The Aristocats
must take an English final exam on Wednesday.
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• English
• (a proper adjective
• is capitalized)

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5. Correct I heard that the science final
is more harder than the math final.
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• I heard that the
• science final is harder
• than the math final.
• (remove the more
• since harder ends in
• -er)

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6. Put into comparative form good sweet in
teresting
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-better -sweeter -more interesting
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• Put into superlative
• form
• bad
• cold
• exciting

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• worst (irregular)
• coldest (regular)
• most exciting
• (longer adjectives
• need more/most)

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8. What do adverbs do in our language?
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• describe verbs,
• adjectives, and
• other adverbs

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9. What four questions can adverbs answer for
us?
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• when
• where
• how
• -how often

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• Correct
• He had hardly no
• errors on his paper.
• (double negative)

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-He had hardly any errors on his paper. -He had
no errors on his paper. (two ways to correct)
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11. Give comparative forms for badly early
awkwardly
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-worse (irregular) -earlier (regular) -more
awkwardly (longer adverbs need more/most)
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• Give superlative
• forms for
• well
• happily
• soon

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-best -most happily -soonest
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13. What is the indepen- dent clause in
this sentence? Whenever it rains, our roof
leaks.
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• our roof leaks
• (can stand alone as
• a complete thought
• - independent)

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14. List any four subordinating conjunctions.
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when, whenever, where, wherever, while, as, if,
as if, as though, though, although, even
though, as long as, as soon as, as much as, in
order that
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so that, than, before, after, since,
unless, until, how, because
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15. Where does a comma go in this
sentence? After school ends my family will go on
a vacation.
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-After school ends, my family will go on a
vacation. (comma goes after adverb clause SC
K, K pattern)
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16. Provide punctuation in this sentence The
pool opens soon because summer is here
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• The pool opens soon
• because summer is
• here.
• (only end mark needed
• because adverb clause
• is at end of sentence)

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17. What is the adverb clause in this
sentence? If I get a summer job, I wont be able
to go with you next month.
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• If I get a summer job
• (adverb clause is
• dependent and begins
• with a subordinating
• conjunction if)

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18. What is the adjective clause in
this sentence? Mary, who is my best friend,
invited me to her birthday party.
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-who is my best friend (a dependent clause that
begins with a relative pronoun who)
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19. Pick out the relative pronouns from this
list who when so where which because
and that
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- who, which, that
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20. What gives the poet freedom to miss- pell
words, mispro- nounce words, and even create
his/her own contractions?
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- poetic license
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21. What is another name for this rhyme scheme
ABCDEFG?
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• blank verse
• (no rhyming)

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• What do we
• call the following
• rhyme scheme?
• AABBCCDDEE

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-rhyming couplets (every two lines rhyme)
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23. Identify the figure of speech in the
follow- ing 7 slides freshly fried french
fries
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• Alliteration
• (repetition of the
• beginning consonant
• sound FR)

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24. The flowers stretched in a never-ending
line.
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• hyperbole
• (an exaggeration)

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25. The bell rang on time.
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• onomatopoeia
• (imitates a sound)

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26. Her skin was as smooth as silk.
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• simile
• (a comparison using
• like or as)

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27. The road was a ribbon of moonlight.
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• metaphor
• (an implied comparison
• that does not use
• like or as)

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28. She sold seashells down by the seashore.
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• assonance
• (repetition of a vowel
• sound long e)

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29. The spider had eight thoughtful toes.
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-personification (giving human or
living qualities to non-human or non-living
things)
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• 30. Place the dashes
• You are and I
• really mean this a
• great class!

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• You are and I really
• mean this a
• great class.
• (dashes set off ideas
• that interrupt)

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31. Place the hyphens We have a very disap
pointed child! He is a door to door salesman. Ans
wer is seventy nine.
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-We have a very disap- pointed child. -He is a
door-to-door salesman. -Answer is seventy-nine.
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• Identify problem
• Use a dictionary to find
• word meanings, correct
• spellings, and looking
• up irregular verb forms.

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• Error in parallelism
• Use a dictionary to look
• up word meanings,
• correct spellings, and
• irregular verb forms.

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33. Identify the voice of each pronoun. 1st 2nd
3rd I they yours her ours him us we
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-I first they-third yours-second her
third ours first him third us first we -
first
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34. What little word in front of a verb always
indicates the verb is in its infinitive form?
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- to
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35. What ending on a verb always indicates the
verb is in its participle form?
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-ing, ed, or respelled
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36. Find the infinitive phrase in the
sentence Ive always wanted to go to the Grand
Canyon.
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• to go to the Grand
• Canyon
• (the infinitive is to go
• but the whole phrase
• includes words with it)

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• Find the participle
• in the sentence
• Annoying little brothers
• should be seen and not
• heard!

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-annoying (the participle is a verb-form that
acts like an adjective describes brothers)
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38. Place parentheses The English test
Wednesdays final will have 80 questions.
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-The English test (Wednesdays final) will
have 80 questions on it. (around words
that clarify meaning)
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39. Place brackets Mrs. Jennings said, I cant
believe you didnt use my help the index card!
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-Original quote I cant believe you didnt use
my help! -with brackets I cant believe you
didnt use my help the index card! said Mrs.
Jennings.
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40. Label the kind of sentence The band played
while the choir sang.
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• Complex sentence
• because of adverb
• clause while the choir
• sang

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• Label the kind of
• sentence
• When the bell rings,
• students handed in their
• tests, and they left.

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-compound-complex because of dependent clause
when the bell rings and the two dependent
clauses joined by ,and
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• Label the kind of
• sentence
• The storm woke up the
• family, but everyone
• was able to go back
• to sleep.

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-compound sentence because of the two independent
clauses joined by ,but
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43. Identify term A striking difference
between two things in a story to heighten
the effect.
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-contrast
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44. Identify term The time and place of a story.
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-setting
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45. Identify term The authors attitude toward
his/her subject
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- tone
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46. Identify term An authors comment on life
or an observa- tion of how life is as it is
expressed in a literary work.
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-theme
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47. Identify term The author tells a story as
an observer who relates what all characters say
and do
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-third-person limited narrator
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48. Identify term The author tells the story
as an observer who relates all characters
feelings
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-third-person omniscient narrator
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49. Identify term The author tells the story by
playing the part of one of the characters
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-first-person narrator
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50. Give the four possible conflicts
in literature.
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-Man vs. man Man vs. nature Man vs. himself
Man vs. God
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51. Give the three possible endings found in
literature.
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-happy sad indeterminate
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52. In bicycle, what does cycle mean?
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- circle
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53. In semicircle, what does semi mean?
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-half or part
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54. In thermometer, what does therm mean?
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- heat
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55. In paragraph, what does graph mean?
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-writing
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56. In telephone, what does phon mean?
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-sound
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57. In automobile, what does auto mean?
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-self
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58. In portable, what does port mean?
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-carry
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59. In postscript, what does post mean?
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-after
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60. In geometry, what does meter mean?
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-measure
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• 61. In antagonist,
• what does anti mean?

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-against
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• Perched on the bird feeder, I watched the robin.
• (Fix the misplaced
• Modifier.)

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I watched the robin perched on the bird feeder.
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• I saw a movie in
• the theater about
• global warming.
• (Fix the misplaced
• modifier.)

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I saw a movie about global warming in the movie
theater.
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64. I was stung by a bee. Active or passive
voice?
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Passive voice (v-be verb past participle was
stung)
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• 65. Turn this active voice sentence to passive
  voice
• The referee blew the whistle.

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The whistle was blown by the referee.
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66. Change this active voice sentence to passive
voice The game was played well by Johnny.
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Johnny played the game well.
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67. Make pronoun and antecedent agree Everyone
ate their Lunch on the field trip.
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Everyone ate his or her lunch on the field
trip. (Everyone is singular and either gender.)
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68.Make the pronoun and antecedent agree. The
team won their first game of the season.
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The team won its first game of the season . (team
is a collective noun that is singular in form so
itsteam)
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Good Luck on the English Final!