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| 12674660009 | periodic sentence | All the modifiers at the beginning with subject and verb at the end | 0 | |
| 12674668502 | cumulative sentence | Subject and verb in the beginning with modifiers at the end | 1 | |
| 12674678082 | pragmatic | practical | 2 | |
| 12674681756 | Morose | sullen and ill-tempered | 3 | |
| 12674688594 | indignant | Full of anger; resentful | 4 | |
| 12674691853 | subjective | Have opinions | 5 | |
| 12674697855 | objective | No thoughts or feelings | 6 |
| 10939167387 | enervate | (v.) to weaken, exhaust | 0 | |
| 10939167388 | eschew | (v.) to shun, avoid | 1 | |
| 10939167389 | evanescent | (adj.) fleeting, momentary | 2 | |
| 10939167390 | evince | (v.) to show, reveal | 3 | |
| 10939167391 | exculpate | (v.) to free from guilt or blame, exonerate | 4 | |
| 10939167392 | execrable | (adj.) loathsome, detestable | 5 | |
| 10939167393 | exigent | (adj.) urgent, critical | 6 | |
| 10939167394 | expiate | (v.) to make amends for, atone | 7 | |
| 10939167395 | extant | (adj.) existing, not destroyed or lost | 8 | |
| 10939167396 | extol | (v.) to praise, revere | 9 | |
| 10939167397 | fallacious | (adj.) incorrect, misleading | 10 | |
| 10939167398 | fastidious | (adj.) meticulous, demanding, having high and often unattainable standards | 11 | |
| 10939167399 | fatuous | (adj.) silly, foolish | 12 | |
| 10939167400 | fetid | (adj.) having a foul odor | 13 | |
| 10939167401 | florid | (adj.) flowery, ornate | 14 | |
| 10939167402 | fractious | (adj.) troublesome or irritable | 15 | |
| 10939167403 | garrulous | (adj.) talkative, wordy | 16 | |
| 10939167404 | grandiloquence | (n.) lofty, pompous language | 17 | |
| 10939167405 | gregarious | (adj.) drawn to the company of others, sociable | 18 | |
| 10939167406 | hackneyed | (adj.) unoriginal, trite | 19 |
| 7183901843 | ALLITERATION | The repetition of the same consonant or vowel sound at the beginning of several closely placed words. The sound can also be included within the words as well as at the beginning. | 0 | |
| 7183903872 | ALLITERATION | The moan of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees. | 1 | |
| 7183904197 | ALLUSION | A brief reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or object. | 2 | |
| 7183905757 | ALLUSION | No! I am not Prince Hamlet, nor was meant to be; | 3 | |
| 7183906658 | ANAPHORA | The repetition of a word or several words at the beginning of several consecutive phrases or clauses. | 4 | |
| 7183907586 | ANAPHORA | We few, we happy few, we band of brothers. | 5 | |
| 7183908315 | ANTITHESIS | The contrasting of opposite ideas in a phrase or clause, usually in parallel structure. | 6 | |
| 7183909082 | ANTITHESIS | Give every man they ear, but few thy voice. | 7 | |
| 7183909592 | ASSONANCE | The use of the same or similar vowel sounds in the stressed syllables of several closely placed words that end with different consonant sounds. | 8 | |
| 7183910267 | ASSONANCE | Hear the mellow wedding bells. | 9 | |
| 7183911137 | CONNOTATION | Any meaning a word conveys, emotional or social, that is in addition to its official meaning. The additional meaning may be personal, limited to a group, or universal. (Don't confuse this with slang, when a word takes on an entirely new meaning in informal speaking). | 10 | |
| 7183912568 | CONNOTATION | He was a zealous promoter of the cause. He was a fanatical promoter of the cause. Zealous thought of as positive. Fanatical thought of as negative. (giggle, chuckle, chortle, guffaw). | 11 | |
| 7183916044 | DICTION | The author's choice and use of words in a text. This is roughly analogous to word choice. | 12 | |
| 7183916784 | DENOTATION | The formal or official meaning of a word, separate from any other associations or acquired meanings. | 13 | |
| 7183917412 | EPISTROPHE | The repetition of a word or several words at the end of several consecutive phrases or clauses. | 14 | |
| 7183919858 | EPISTROPHE | "... and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth." | 15 | |
| 7183920522 | ETHOS | A rhetorical strategy in which the speaker or writer relies on his or her experience, expertise, or character to persuade or influence the audience. | 16 | |
| 7183921646 | FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE | The use of language in a non-literal, non-normative way. Figurative language includes things such as metaphors, smilies, hyperboles, and synecdoche, among others. | 17 | |
| 7183923156 | HYPERBOLE | An exaggeration to amuse, or to reinforce or intensify an idea or image. | 18 | |
| 7183923650 | HYPERBOLE | You should study this list of terms at least a million times to make sure you know each one well. | 19 | |
| 7183927093 | IMAGE | A description of an experience, object, or person using sensory details, usually more than one. Images are sometimes called concrete details. They are the building blocks of poetry. | 20 | |
| 7183927794 | IMAGE | Who are these coming to the sacrifice? To what green altar, O mysterious priest, Lead'st thou that heifer lowing at the skies, And all her silken flanks with garlands drest. | 21 | |
| 7183931021 | ISOCOLON | A form of parallel structure in which each grammatically parallel part of a phrase or clause also the same length. | 22 | |
| 7183937218 | ISOCOLON | With malice toward none, with charity for all | 23 | |
| 7183939807 | IRONY | When reality is different from what it appears to be or what is anticipated. | 24 | |
| 7183940231 | VERBAL IRONY | Much like sarcasm, when what is said differs from what is actually meant, but usually not as harsh or abrasive. | 25 | |
| 7183940915 | SITUATIONAL IRONY | When an event occurs which is opposite from or opposed to what was expected. | 26 | |
| 7183941911 | DRAMATIC IRONY | When the reader or viewer of a text or performance knows something that the characters themselves do not. | 27 | |
| 7183942193 | JUXTAPOSITION | The placement of two ideas or things next to each other to create a contrast between them. Antithesis is a subset of juxtaposition, limited to contrasting opposites. | 28 | |
| 7183943270 | LOGOS | A rhetorical strategy in which the speaker or writer relies on the clear presentation of logic, facts, reasoning, etc. to persuade or influence the audience. | 29 | |
| 7183945612 | LITOTES | An understatement to amuse, or to reinforce or intensify an idea or image. | 30 | |
| 7183945982 | LITOTES | It takes at least a day or two to become an excellent writer. | 31 | |
| 7183947820 | METONYMY | A type of metaphor in which something closely related to a second thing is substituted for the second thing. | 32 | |
| 7183948248 | METONYMY | "The Pentagon released a statement today about national security." A building cannot release a statement; the Pentagon is a building closely associated with the leaders of the armed forces and stands in their place to represent them. | 33 | |
| 7183949603 | METAPHOR | Comparing things without like or as | 34 | |
| 7183950935 | ONOMATOPOEIA | Words that sound the same as the things they mean. "Buzz, snap, hiss, sizzle." | 35 | |
| 7183951484 | PATHOS | The speaker or writer relies on the use of emotion to persuade or influence the audience. | 36 | |
| 7183952112 | PERSONIFICATION | Giving human attributes to inhuman things. | 37 | |
| 7183952512 | POLYPTOTON | The repetition of a different form of the same word in a phrase or clause. | 38 | |
| 7183953118 | POLYPTOTON | The Greeks are strong, and skillful to their strength, fierce to their skill, and to their fierceness valiant. | 39 | |
| 7183954253 | RHETORIC | The effective and skillful use of language to accomplish a purpose, often a persuasive one. | 40 | |
| 7183954747 | SIMILIE | Comparing things using like, than, or as | 41 | |
| 7183955735 | SYMBOL | Something that is itself but can also represent and stand from something else. | 42 | |
| 7183956120 | SYNECDOCHE | A type of metaphor in which a part of the whole is substituted for the whole itself. | 43 | |
| 7183956789 | SYNECDOCHE | He's got a nice set of wheels. The speaker is referring to the car as a whole and not the wheels themselves. | 44 | |
| 7183958252 | SYNTAX | The way an author arranges words and phrases to create sentences. | 45 | |
| 7183958427 | THEME | The author's message or commentary about life that applies to everyone based on the text. (Declarative). (Moral is imperative). | 46 | |
| 7183959130 | TONE | The author's attitude towards his/her subject as expressed to the reader. Revealed through diction, syntax, imagery, and the information given throughout the exposition. | 47 |
Practice on recognising the phases and basic structures of meiosis.
| 13557307318 | Prophase I |  | 0 | |
| 13557307319 | Metaphase I |  | 1 | |
| 13557307320 | Anaphase I |  | 2 | |
| 13557307321 | Telophase I |  | 3 | |
| 13557307322 | Prophase II |  | 4 | |
| 13557307323 | Metaphase II |  | 5 | |
| 13557307324 | Anaphase II |  | 6 | |
| 13557307325 | Telophase II |  | 7 | |
| 13557307326 | Homologous Chromosome |  | 8 | |
| 13557307327 | Centriole |  | 9 | |
| 13557307328 | Chromosome |  | 10 | |
| 13557307329 | Spindle fiber |  | 11 | |
| 13557307330 | Meiosis | Creates 4 haploid gamete cells from a diploid cell. |  | 12 |
| 13557307331 | Interphase | Consists of G1, S, G2 |  | 13 |
| 13557307332 | Prophase I | nuclear membrane starts to dissolve, Crossing over occurs during this stage. |  | 14 |
| 13557307333 | Crossing over | Homologous Chromosomes cross over each other and share genetic information. Happens during Prophase I. |  | 15 |
| 13557307334 | Homologous Chromosomes | Matching chromosomes from mom and dad. |  | 16 |
| 13557307335 | Metaphase I | The chromosomes line up down the middle along with their homologous pair. |  | 17 |
| 13557307336 | Anaphase I | homologous chromosomes pull apart to opposite sides |  | 18 |
| 13557307337 | Telophase I | nuclear membranes start to form around the chromosomes |  | 19 |
| 13557307338 | Prophase II | At this point the chromosomes reorganize and the nuclear membranes start to dissolve again. |  | 20 |
| 13557307339 | Metaphase II | The chromosomes line up single file. |  | 21 |
| 13557307340 | Anaphase II | The spindles pull the sister chromatids apart. |  | 22 |
| 13557307341 | Telophase II | Nuclear membranes start to form around the chromosomes again. A cleavage forms. Cytokinesis occurs and the two diploid cells have now divided into 4 haploid cells. |  | 23 |
| 13557307342 | gametes | term used to describe sex cells, sperm for males...eggs for females |  | 24 |
| 13557307343 | asexual reproduction | a type of reproduction method that involves 1 parent, offspring identical to the parent |  | 25 |
| 13557307344 | sexual reproduction | a type of reproduction that involves two parents and fertilization occurs between gametes, offspring is genetically different from parents |  | 26 |
| 13557307346 | haploid | a term used to describe a cell that has 1 set of each chromosome, symbol used is "n" |  | 27 |
| 13557307347 | diploid | a term used to describe a cell that has 2 sets of each chromosome, symbol uses is "2n" | | 28 |
| 13557307348 | fertilization | process of fertilizing an egg to form a zygote. |  | 29 |
| 10962422857 | Classical civilizations of America | Olmec, Mayan, Aztec, Inco | 0 | |
| 10962422858 | 1200 BCE: Olmecs | Settled at the coast of Gulf Mexico | 1 | |
| 10962422859 | Olmec means | Rubber people. First people to tap rubber trees for sap. | 2 | |
| 10962422860 | Olmec Culture | parent culture in Mesoamerica(central america). | 3 | |
| 10962422861 | Olmec Writings: | Hieroglyphic form writing | 4 | |
| 10962422862 | Olmec Math: | Number system was based on combinations of only three symbols. Dot= 1 Bar= 5 | 5 | |
| 10962422863 | Olmec religious rituals: | Pok-a-tok | 6 | |
| 10962422864 | Pok-a-tok | Ceremonial ball game something like basketball. Players use their chest, elbow, and feet. Players were sacrificed to gods at the end of the game. | 7 | |
| 10962422865 | Olmec arts and architects: | Temple Pyramids, Stone heads | 8 | |
| 10962422866 | Temple Pyramids: | built on mountain tops, primarily of worship. Drew worshippers' eyes towards the skies where gods looked down from the stars. | 9 | |
| 10962422867 | Stone Heads | chunks of volcanic rock, 18 tons nd 14ft high. | 10 | |
| 10962422868 | Mayan Civilization: | people were building religious centers in Yucutan Peninsula border(Mexico Guatemala border). | 11 | |
| 10962422869 | Mayan people | Mayas/Mayans | 12 | |
| 10962422870 | 300-700 BCE | mesoamerican civilizations reached its peak at the Mayan centers | 13 | |
| 10962422871 | Mayan leaders | Halach Uinic, Priests | 14 | |
| 10962422872 | Halach Uinic | true man, absolute leaders, head of city-states. | 15 | |
| 10968666598 | Priests | shared controlled leaders who expanded the religious centers to city-states | 16 | |
| 10968666599 | Concerned with time | gods will destroy the world if ceremonies were not on time, decides lucky day for persons, decide luck for marriage, planting, trading, warsand building temples | 17 | |
| 10968666600 | To obtain accurate measurements of time, they observe | Celestial bodies Predict eclipses | 18 | |
| 10968666601 | Mayan Calendar | 365 days, last 5 days unlucky | 19 | |
| 10968666602 | Record keepers | taughtsons of nobles how to read, and others how yo interpret the calendar | 20 | |
| 10968666603 | Upper class | Priests, nobles, warriors | 21 | |
| 10968666604 | Lower class | Peasants | 22 | |
| 10968666605 | Decline of Mayan Civilization | Abandonment of Maya centers. Mayas did not move away. Mesoamericans civilizationnever reached its height | 23 | |
| 10968666606 | Inca Civilization | empire of the sun | 24 | |
| 10968666607 | Incas | Controlled a large area in Cuzco, Peru(Andes) | 25 | |
| 10968703950 | Engineers | Superb engineers like the Aztecs. Excellent systems of roads(coast to mountains). Swinging bridges. Tunnels. Inns among the road for travelers | 26 | |
| 10968703951 | Inca rule | Stronger political organization than Aztec. Ruled directly to conquered lands. Monitors people's submission and provide sanctions for disobedience. | 27 | |
| 10968703952 | Quipis | to keep records. Made of colored cords tied at different lengths to indicate different sums. | 28 | |
| 10968703953 | Classes | common people, noble, emperor, and wife | 29 |
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