English 2 Fall Semester Exam

Front 1

chronological order

Back 1

order of time

Front 2

where is a thesis statement located in an essay?

Back 2

last sentence

last paragraph

Front 3

complex sentence

Back 3

independent clause + dependent clause

Front 4

compound sentence

Back 4

independent clause + independent clause

Front 5

simple sentence

Back 5

only one subject

Front 6

FANBOYS

Back 6

for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

Front 7

compound sentences can be connected in what 3 ways?

Back 7

1. ,FANBOYS

2. ;

3. ;then, ;however, ;moreover, ;therefore, ;nevertheless,

Front 8

tone is the author's _______ towards the topic

Back 8

attitude

Front 9

capitalize _______, don't capitalize ________.

Back 9

brand, products

Front 10

What do you do if a possessive adj. is in front of word?

Back 10

Don't capitalize!

Ex:
My aunt Sherry's car.

I was with my sister, Mom, and my dad.

capitalize mom because theres no poss. adj.

Front 11

Fragments

Back 11

can't stand alone.

Ex:

Jane criticized the labs at Sema. Because she saw how the chimps were treated.

Front 12

If a part of the sentence is extra, then it needs to be surrounded by _____.

Back 12

comas.

Ex:
The Tansy, an aromatic yellow flower, is sometimes used to make medicine.

describing the flower is extra and not really needed

Front 13

nonrestrictive clause

Back 13

contains info not necessary, must have a comma where it starts and a comma where it stops; and may begin with who, whose, whom or which.

Ex:

The fire chief of Rockwall, who is retiring soon, will be honored at a reception.

Front 14

restrictive clauses

Back 14

needed for the sentence

Ex:

The CCC provided jobs for men that were unmarried and unemployed.

Front 15

appositive

Back 15

a word placed after another word to explain or identify it

Front 16

appositive phrase

Back 16

consists of an appositive and its helpers that are phrases

Front 17

alliteration

Back 17

repetition of consonant sounds at the begining of words

Ex:

Robins will wear their feathery fire.

Front 18

assonance

Back 18

repetition of the vowel sounds in words that don't end with the same consonant

Ex:

The waves break fold on jeweled fold.

Front 19

consonance

Back 19

repetition of consonant sounds within and at the ends of words
Ex:

And black are the waters that sparkled so green.

Front 20

allusion

Back 20

reference in one literary work to another literary work.

Front 21

infinitive

Back 21

to + a verb
Ex:

to hope, to run, to dream, to congratulate

Front 22

motif

Back 22

a recurring element/ idea that can help develop theme in a literary work

Front 23

soliloquy

Back 23

character speaks alone & audience "overhears" his/ her inner thoughts

Front 24

iambic

Back 24

rhythm pattern with unstressed(U) syllable followed by stressed syllable(/)

Ex:

U / U / U / U / U / U /

Front 25

blank verse

Back 25

poem with no rhyme but consists of iambic pentameter.