Apostrophe - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

ACCUPLACER TEST STUDY GUIDE 2023 Q&A ENGLISH GRAMMER AND USAGE The following list of English Grammar Rules and their Usage Rules are essential for you to know. You must be familiar with these rules if you want to score well in this area of the test. Capitalization 1. Capitalize the first word of a sentence. 2. Capitalize all proper names. Example: Russia, United Methodist Church, Dan Marino. 3. Capitalize days of the week, months of they year, and holidays. Example: The package was...

English 4a CBE!apostrophe - correct answer a technique by which a writer addresses an inanimate object, an idea, or a person who is either dead or absent. conceit - correct answer an extended witty, paradoxical, or startling metaphor; extended metaphor or surprising analogy between seemingly dissimilar objects conflict - correct answer the central struggle, problem or problems characters face in a literary work English Sonnet - correct answer a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a co...

After a tutoring program was instituted at City College, our chemistry (student's / students') test scores rose dramatically. - ANS-students' The puppy's favorite activity was chasing (its / it's) tail. - ANS-its After we bought J. J. the latest style pants and shirts, he decided that last (years / year's) faded, ragged jeans were perfect for all occasions. - ANS-year's Booties were placed on the sled (dog's / dogs') feet to protect them from sharp rocks and ice. [More than one...

Praxis: English Language Arts: Content Knowledge (5038) Rated A+ Apostrophe Addressing some abstraction or personification that is not physically present. Setting An environment or surrounding in which a story takes place. Anaphora Regularly repeats a word or phrase at the beginning of consecutive clauses/phrases to add emphasis. Ex: Winston Churchill "we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets..." Ant...

HESI A2 Grammar Exam Questions and Answers 1. WHICH SENTENCE IS GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT? a) Who's coming to the party? b) Whose to blame for the economy? c) Who's hat is this? d) Whose going to vote? - correct answers WHO’s coming to the party 2. WHICH SENTENCE IS GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT? a) I went two the store. b) I want ice cream, too. c) The nurse gave him too shorts. d) I want to know your name. - correct answers I want ice cream, too 3. WHICH SENTENCE IS GRAMMATICALLY COR...

GACE English 020, 021 Latest Version Graded A Allegory A story having both a Literal and Symbolic meaning-Masque of the Red Death- Poe. Anaphora Repetition of a word or phrase at the beginning of successive lines. Antithesis Balanced writing about conflicting ideas. Aphorism A focused, succinct expression about life from a sagacious viewpoint. Franklin, Pope, Bacon. Apostrophe Addressing an absent or dead person. Archetype Idealized model of a person, object, or concept fr...

Praxis 5039 Latest Update Graded A+ Allegory A story in which people things or actions represent an idea or a generalization about life allegories usually have a strong lesson or moral Alliteration Repetition up initial consonant sounds in which words, such as "Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" Allusion A reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event for example, don Juan, Brave New World, Everyman, Macahavvellian, utopia Analogy A comparison of objects or i...

Abstract Language correct answers Words or phrases that refer to intangible ideas or to classes of people and objects rather than the people or things themselves. Abstractions are built on concrete ideas. Abstract nouns correct answers A type of noun that can't be detected using your 5 senses. (Sight, hearing, smell, touch, and taste.) Active voice correct answers In an active sentence, the subject performs the action of the verb, the person or thing that performs the action is named befo...

Praxis II: English Content Knowledge (5039) Latest Update Graded A+ anthropomorphism a device in which the writer attributes human characteristics to an animate being or an inanimate object anxiety of influence literary critic Harold Bloom's theory that poets struggle against the earlier influences of a previous generation of poets apostrophe a turn from the general audience to address a specific group of persons dactyl a metrical foot of three syllables in which the first is str...

apostrophe as if speaking directly to subject of poem hyperbole overstatement or gross exaggeration foot one accented syllable on one or two unaccented stanza group of lines whose natural pattern is repeated villanelle French poem with form: a (1st refrain only 1st stanza) b a (alternate 1st and 2nd refrain) a (2nd refrain only last stanza)