ELA VW Midteam

comma splice - Ex. I read the instructions, I could not understand them.

A _____________ occurs when two clauses are joined with just a comman and no conjunction

clause

A goup of words that have a subject and a predicate

possessive pronoun

A pronoun that shows ownership

noun

A word that names a person, place or thing

pronoun

A word that teks the palce of a noun. it may stand for a person, place, or thing.

elusive - ADJ do not get confused with engima which is a noun

DEFINATION - (adj) difficult to catch or to hold; hard to explain or understand SENTENCE - According to legend, Zorro, the heroic Mexican character was to _____ for local police to capture. I could never figure it out. The answer was ______________ to me. SYNONYMS: slippery, wily, fleeting, puzzling, baffling

sheepish

DEFINATION - (adj) embarrassed, resembling a sheep in meekness, timid SENTENCE - His ________________ grin made the crowds cheer all the more for his unlikely victory. After giving a few _______________ execuses, the swimmers packed up and left the private beach they were not supposed to be at. SYNONYMS: shamefaced, meek ANTONYMS: bold, saucy, brazen

inept = adj - do not get confused with verb bungle

DEFINATION - (adj) totally without skill or appropriatness SENTENCE - The scientist is brilliant in the research laboratory but is _____ at leading with people. He really bungled the job interview with his new hire. SYNONYMS: meek, docile, submissive, always agreeable ANTONYMS: disobedient, obstinate, rebellious, perverse ADJ - DO NOT CONFUSE WITH VERB BUNGLE

groundless

DEFINATION - (adj) without any good reason or cause, unjustified SENTENCE - Kathe's _________________ fear of huring herself during exercise has left her weat and out of shape. The jury found the defendant "not guilty" because they were convinced that the charges against her were ________________________. SYNONYMS: baseless, unsupported, not true ANTONYMS: well-founded, reasonable, justified

limber

DEFINATION - (adj)) flexible (v) to cause to become flexible SENTENCE - You need to be ____________ to be a good athlete. SYNONYMS: (adj) supple, pliable; (v) stretch ANTONYMS: (adj) stiff, wooden (v) stiffen

hypocrite

DEFINATION - (n) a person who pretends to be what he or she is not or better than he or she really is; a two-faced person SENTENCE - The speaker who said one thing but did somethign else entirely was regarded as a ____________________. SYNONYMS: phony, charlatan, fraud

engima - noun - do not get confused with elusive which can mean something is puzzling too but it is adj, not a peron or thing

DEFINATION - (n) someone or something that is extremely puzzling; that which cannot be understood or explained SENTENCE - Because she is usually so ______, we were all surprosed when she said that she didn't like our plans and wouldn't accept them. SYNONYMS: meek, docile, submissive, always agreeable ANTONYMS: disobedient, obstinate, rebellious, perverse

bungle -verb - do not get confused with adj inept

DEFINATION - (v) to act or work clumsily and awkwardly; to ruin something SENTENCE - After the way you _________, the job of arranging the class trip, I can never again trust you with anything important. You are really inept at planning trips. SYNONYMS: blunder, mess up ANTONYMS: do well at something DO NOT GET CONFUSED WITH (ADJ) INEPT

irk

DEFINATION - (v) to annoy, trouble, make weary SENTENCE - Questions that show a student's lack of attention _____________ the teacher. SYNONYMS: bother, irriate, vex ANTONYMS: please, delight, cheer ASK THE TEACHER ABOUT THIS ONE BECAUSE IT AND INFURATE MEAN THE SAME - BOTH ARE VERBS - THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS THAT THIS WORD MEANS TO SLIGHTLY IRRIATE WHERE INFURATE MEANS TO REALLY MAKE SOMEONE MAD - BE CAREFUL WITH THESE TWO.

denounce

DEFINATION - (v) to condemn openly; to accuse formally SENTENCE - The United Nations decided to publicaly ______________ the tyrant's crimes. SYNONYMS: criticize, censure, publiclly state you do not support it or him/her ANTONYMS: hail, caccliam, support

constrain

DEFINATION - (v) to force, compel; to restrain, hold back SENTENCE - You can't __________________ me against my will. After the storm, residents were _____________ to their homes for safey. SYNONYMS: pressure, confine, limit ANTONYMS: loosen, liberate, unfetter, relax

infuriate - opposite of pacify

DEFINATION - (v) to make very angry, enrage someone else SENTENCE - It ________ most parents when their children refuse to listen to them and treat them with disrespect. SYNONYMS: provoke, incense, madden, piss off ANTONYMS: calm, soothe, paciy, please

slake

DEFINATION - (v) to satisfy, relieve, or bring to an end. SENTENCE - Nothing can ___________ thirst better than water. To ____ our curisority, you will have to tellus everything that happened during the strange trip. SYNONYMS: gratify, sate, ease, assuage, satisfy ANTONYMS: increase, intensify, aggravate

discredit

DEFINATION - (v) to throw doubt upon, cause to be distrusted, to damage in reputation (n) a loss or lack of belief, confidence, or reputation SENTENCE - We have gathered a considerable amount of evidence to ______________ her story. Both parents and students felt strongly that the cheating scandal was a _________________ to the school SYNONYMS: disparage ANTONYMS: confirm, corroborate, bolster

strife

DEFINATION - bitter disagreement, fighting, struggle SENTENCE - The experienced senator from South Carolina was a vertern of political ______________. The brother and mother have not spoken in 10 years due to the _______________ between them. SYNONYMS: conflict, discord, turmoil ANTONYMS: peace, calm, agreement

boisterous

DEFINATION - rough and nosiy in a cheeful way, high sprired. SENTENCE - Mr. Roth , our school librarian, may seem mild and easgoing, but he cracks down hard on ___________________ students. SYNONYMS: loud, unruly, disorderly ANTONYMS: quiet, calm, peaceful, well-behaved

tarry

DEFINATION - to delay leaving, to linger, wait, to remain or stay for awhile SENTENCE - He wil be tempted to ____________ longer if he thinks that this might be their last visit together. SYNONYMS: dawdle, dally ANTONYMS: rush, hasten, leave, depart

vacate

DEFINATION - to go away from, leave empty; to make empty, to void, annul SENTENCE - The landlord ordered all tenants to ______________ the premises by noon.. SYNONYMS: depart, abandon, ANTONYMS: occupy, keep, hold

pacify

DEFINATION - to make peaceful or calm; to soothe SENTENCE - The factory owners hope to _______ the angry protesters with promises of higher wages. SYNONYMS: millify, placate, calm someone down ANTONYMS: anger, arouse, stire up, forment, ignite - get someone made

petty

DEFINATION - unimportant, trival; narrow-minded; secondary in rank, minor SENTENCE - You say my compliant is _______ but to me it is an issue of great importance. She drives me nuts as she gets so upset of __________ things all the time! SYNONYMS: insignificant, piddling, unimportant ANTONYMS: important, major, significant, weighty

compliant

DEFINATION - willing to do what someone else wants, obedient SENTENCE - Because she is usually so ______, we were all surprosed when she said that she didn't like our plans and wouldn't accept them. SYNONYMS: meek, docile, submissive, always agreeable ANTONYMS: disobedient, obstinate, rebellious, perverse

gloat

DEFINATION -(v) to look ator think about with great intensity orsatisfaction, to take great personal joy in - be VERY proud of yourself to the point that you tick people off SENTENCE -I will try not to ______________ about winning a scholarship to music camp. SYNONYMS: relish, revel in, crow over, brag about ANTONYMS: regret, bemoan, mourn, feel chagrined, or be humble

Did Mr. Adam's sister move to Rome, Italy, on Friday, October 27, 2004, to work for Apple.

Do editing on the sentence below - 9 Capitals, 5 commas, 1 period, 1 apostrophes, and 1 end mark.: did mr admas sister move to rome italy on friday october 27 2004 to work for apple

Mr. Scott, my art teacher, asked me to gather the paint, brushes, and water bowls from each table.

Edit - 2 capitals, 4 commas, 1 period, 1 end mark: mr scott my art teacher asked me to gather the paint brushes and water bowls from each table

plural - ex. I move fast. vs Sophie moves fast.

Exceptions to subject verb agreement - pronoun I, pronoun you, and compound subject use: singular or plural verbs? Which one?

subject noun verb complete thought capital letter on first word end mark

Five part of a sentence?

My, Our, His, her, Its, Their, Your

List the possessive pronouns

I, We, He, She, It, They, You

List the seven subject pronouns - the ones that would typically start a sentence

noun, verb, adjective, adverb, preposition, pronoun, conjunction, interjection

Name the eight parts of speech

connotative meaning

Pick one (analogies, antonyms connotative meaning, denotative meaning, punctuation, synonyms) The implied meaning of a word - example snake - means someone that can't be trusted

punctuation

Pick one (analogies, antonyms, connotative meaning, denotative meaning, punctuation, synonyms) Periods, commas, apostrophes, end marks

denotative meaning

Pick one (analogies, antonyms, connotative meaning, denotative meaning, punctuation, synonyms) The exact meaning or definition of a word, ex. snake is an animal.

antonyms

Pick one (analogies, antonyms, connotative meaning, denotative meaning, punctuation, synonyms) Words that have oppostie meanings

synonyms

Pick one (analogies, antonyms, connotative meaning, denotative meaning, punctuation, synonyms) Words with simialr meanings

analogies

Pick one (analogies, antonyms, connotative meaning, denotative meaning, punctuation, synonyms) comparisons of words with similar relationships

SN/Subject Pronoun

Question / Answer flow - "who/what (the verb) + rest of sentence?

Adverb

Question / Answer flow - how, when/ where (modifies verbs, adjectives, and adverbs)

Preposition

Question / Answer flow - no questions - ex. above, below, for, beyound, despite, into, near, of, off, on, out, over, past, upon, with, under, since, etc..

Interjection

Question / Answer flow - no questions, just able - at the begining of sentence followed by a comma or exclamation point

conjunction

Question / Answer flow - no questions, just label, and, but, or

Article Adjective

Question / Answer flow - the a , an (no questions, just label)

verb

Question / Answer flow - what is being said about the subject?

Adjective

Question / Answer flow - what kind/ which one/ how many? modifies mouns and pronouns

Object ofthe Preposition

Question / Answer flow - whom/what ofthe prepositional phase?

possessive pronoun

Question / Answer flow - whose noun/pronoun

subject noun, object of the preposition, direct object, indirect object

What are all the noun jobs

A, An, The - noun markers - a & an are indefinite and can many any one where THE is definite and means a SPECIFIC person, place or thing

What are the three article adjectives and what is another name for them?

; , conjunction like and, so, but, or ; connective adverb, ex: ; however,

What are the three ways to make a compound sentence which is two independant clauses combined in one sentence?

homophone

What is the analogy relationship between their and their

adjective

What part of speech is the capitalized word. A SMALL snake slithered nearby.

connective adverb

What part of speech is the capitalized word. I got hungery; THEREFORE, I went to lunch early.

conjunction

What part of speech is the capitalized word. I went home, BUT still missed the show.

verb

What part of speech is the capitalized word. Mom WORKS very hard.

adverb

What part of speech is the capitalized word: Lucy sang VERY well?

verb

a _____ tells what the subject does or what the subject is about

noun

a ____________ names a person, place or thing

prepositions

a word that connects two other words in a sentence in a special way

interjection

a word that expresses a mile or strong emotion at the start of a sentence

Adverb

a word that modfies a verb, adjective, or adverb

Adjective

a word that modifies or describes a noun or a pronoun

verb

a word that shows action or being

noun or pronoun

an adjective modifies what two things

adverb, adjective, or verb

an adverb modifies what three things?

coordinate conjunction - two subjects, two indep clauses, two verbs, etc.

joins ideas that have the same level of importance

for and nor but or yet so

list the coordinate conjunctions FANBOYS

conjunction

part of speech that joines words or groups of words together

geese, pencils, feet, baskets, children, oxen, men, foxes, women

plural of goose, pencil, foot, basket, child, ox, man, fox, woman

adverb - there is not object following it.

preopositons vs adverbs - which is above? The plans flew above.

preposition - an object follows it.

prepositions vs adverbs - which is above? She threw the ball above her head.

. (D) period, statement, declarative sentence

put the end mark and the END MARK FLOW for each kind of sentence in the blanks - Ex. I went to school - Answer . (D) period, statement, declarative statement Sentence: I didn't like the new movie

? (Int) question mark, question, interrogative sentence

put the end mark and the END MARK FLOW for each kind of sentence in the blanks - Ex. I went to school - Answer . (D) period, statement, declarative statement Sentence: May we join you

. (Imp) period, command, imperative sentence

put the end mark and the END MARK FLOW for each kind of sentence in the blanks - Ex. I went to school - Answer . (D) period, statement, declarative statement Sentence: Ride the bus home today

! (E) exclamation point, strong feeling, exclamatory sentence

put the end mark and the END MARK FLOW for each kind of sentence in the blanks - Ex. I went to school - Answer . (D) period, statement, declarative statement Sentence: That bee is chasing me

The rug was very expensive; therefore, it had to be woven by hand.

rewerite the CD sentence with a connective advert therefore. The rug was very espensive. It had to be woven by hand.

s or es - if one ends in an s or es, then the other does not ex. The cat eats her food. The cats eat their food.

subject verb agreement - in most cases, you can only have one ____ or _____ between the subject and verb

antonyms

synonyms or antonmys: answer, ask

antonyms

synonyms or antonmys: maximum, minimum

synonyms

synonyms or antonmys:; calm, peaceful

subordinate conjunction - after, although, as, as soon as, because, before, even though, except, if, since, so that, than, that, though, unless, until, when, where, while

the conjunctions that that introduce dependeant clauses

when, where, how

to find an adverb ask ______, _____, _________

run on sentence - I left work and I went to school. WRONG - add a ,

two clauses are joined by just a conjunction

A and An are indifinite and The is definite - a and an mean any person, place or thing (ex. a cat walked by). The is defniite which means a SPECIFIC cat, The lost cat just walked by - that specific lost cat not just any cat.

what articles are definite, which are indefinite and what is the difference?

When the subject comes before the verb

what is normal order?

type or kind of

what is the analogy relationship between chair and furniture

part to whole

what is the analogy relationship between petal and flower

the subject and all that modify it - vs the verb and all that modify it

what is the complete subject vs complete predicate

SN V

what is the sentence patter 1

Inverted order is when the subject comes after the verb, in between verb parts or is not included: 1. adverb at the begining - ex. Yesterday, we / went to the school play. 2. a prepositional phrase at beg - ex. After the exciting game, all of the fans / went to the victory celebration. 3. a helping verb at the beginning which makes it a question. - ex. Mom, are you / cooking dinner?

what three things make a sentence inverted order?

antonym

what type of analogy relationship? foul : fair :: cloudy : sunny

part-to-whole

what type of analogy relationship? shoulder: body :: carrot: soup

rhyming

what type of analogy relationship? spout: route :: soul : bowl

synonym

what type of analogy relationship? boulder: rock :: country: nation

type or kind

what type of analogy relationship? daisy: flower :: blueberry: fruit

understood subject - used in imperative sentences - commands

when tthe subject is an invisible you?