This quiz set reviews JUST AP LANGUAGE GRAMMAR TERMS (i.e. NO rhetorical devices). This quiz set reviews GRAMMAR TERMS found in our old Diction, Syntax, and Figurative Language Handout AND our current Basic Grammar Review Handout. While I have included diction, syntax, and grammar discussion throughout the year, I would like to give this special tool to anyone who feels they want more review. Please keep this tool in mind through this semester, especially during our review period at the end of the year!
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| 9739386296 | Noun | A person, place, thing, or quality. Examples: mother, cabinet, idea, casserole, justice. | 0 | |
| 9739386297 | Verb | A word that describes an action or a state of being. Examples: to read, write, count, sing. | 1 | |
| 9739386298 | Adjective | A word that describes a noun. Examples: good, pretty, small, bad. | 2 | |
| 9739386299 | Adverb | A word that describes a verb. Examples: slowly, quickly, badly, well. | 3 | |
| 9739386300 | Pronoun | Words that substitute for nouns. Examples: 1st Person: I, me, we, us, ours, mine, etc. 2nd Person: you, yours, etc. 3rd Person: He, she, it, his, hers, theirs, them, etc. | 4 | |
| 9739386301 | Preposition | A word that links nouns, pronouns and phrases to other words in a sentence. This usually indicates the temporal, spatial or logical relationship of its object to the rest of the sentence. Examples: The book is ON the table. The book is BENEATH the table. The book is leaning AGAINST the table. | 5 | |
| 9739386302 | Subject | The person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something (in the context of a sentence). Example: The SUN is yellow. | 6 | |
| 9739386303 | Clause | A related group of words containing both a subject and a verb. | 7 | |
| 9739386304 | Independent clause | This type of clause is a simple sentence; it can stand by itself and expresses a complete idea. Example: My brother had a cat. | 8 | |
| 9739386305 | Dependent clause | This type of clause provides information, but does not create a complete sentence. It is often known as a sentence fragment. These clauses often take into account five factors -- (1) Time: when, after, while, before; (2) Place: where, wherever; (3) Cause: because, so that; (4) Contrast: although, though, while; (5) Condition: if, unless, provided, since. | 9 | |
| 9739386306 | Simple Sentence | Concise "subject-verb" sentence ("I went to the store") | 10 | |
| 9739386307 | Compound sentence | 2 independent clauses joined by a conjunction (I went to the store, and I bought candy.) | 11 | |
| 9739386308 | Complex sentence | A sentence that consists of an independent clause and dependent clause (While traveling to the store, I saw my friend.) | 12 | |
| 9739386309 | Compound-complex sentence | A sentence that consists of 2 independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses (While traveling to the store, I saw my friend, and she gave me money for candy.) | 13 | |
| 9739386310 | Declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement. | 14 | |
| 9739386311 | Exclamatory sentence | A sentence that expresses a strong feeling (tone) and often contains an exclamation point. | 15 | |
| 9739386312 | Interrogative sentence | A sentence that asks a question. | 16 | |
| 9739386313 | Imperative sentence | A sentence that gives a command. | 17 | |
| 9739386314 | Periodic sentence | A long and frequently involved sentence, marked by suspended syntax, in which the sense is not completed until the final word--usually with an emphatic climax. Example: "To believe your own thought, to believe that what is true for you in your private heart is true for all men, that is genius."(Ralph Waldo Emerson) | 18 | |
| 9739386315 | Loose sentence | A sentence structure in which a main clause is followed by one or more coordinate or subordinate phrases and clauses. This is the opposite of a periodic sentence. Example: "He went into town to buy groceries, visit his friends and go to the bookstore." | 19 | |
| 9739386316 | Predicate | One of the two main parts of sentence or clause, modifying the subject and including the verb, objects, or phrases governed by the verb. Example: "Great minds DISCUSS IDEAS; average minds DISCUSS EVENTS; small minds DISCUSS PEOPLE." (Eleanor Roosevelt) | 20 | |
| 9739386317 | Linking verb | This part of speech connects the subject of the verb to additional information about the subject. Examples: • Sally IS a shopaholic. • During the afternoon, my cats ARE content to nap. • After drinking the old milk, Sam TURNED green. | 21 | |
| 9739386318 | Subject complement | The adjective, noun, or pronoun that follows a linking verb. | 22 | |
| 9739386319 | Subject-verb inversion | A situation in which the subject and verb switch their canonical or usual order of appearance, so that the subject follows the verb(s). Example: A lamp stands beside the bed → Beside the bed stands a lamp. | 23 | |
| 9739386320 | Predicate Adjective | A traditional term for an adjective that usually comes after a linking verb and not before a noun. This adjective modifies the subject of the sentence. In the sentence "The flowers are blue," the subject is "the flowers." In this example, "blue" is what modifies the subject, "the flowers." | 24 | |
| 9739386321 | Predicate nominative | The traditional term for a noun, pronoun, or other nominal that follows a linking verb. | 25 | |
| 9739386322 | Diction | This term simply refers to word choice. It consists of the language a writer uses to express his or her specific message. Pay special attention to how a writer uses vivid and specific nouns, verbs, and other sentence parts when you consider this. | 26 | |
| 9739386323 | Syntax | This term simply refers to the way words are arranged within sentences (sentence length, type, etc.) | 27 | |
| 9739386324 | Antecedent | The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun (this will always be a noun). For instance, in the sentence "Jack waved as he walked through the door," "Jack" has this relationship to "he." | 28 |
