What is a noun?

A person, place, or thing

What is a common noun?

A generic person, place, thing, or idea (not capitalized)

What is a proper noun?

A specific person, place, thing, or idea (always capitalized)

What is a concrete noun?

Something physical; can be perceived by the senses

What is an abstract noun?

Nonphysical ideas/concepts

What is a subject?

The actor of a sentence

What is a direct object?

What is being acted upon

What is an indirect object?

The receiver of the direct object

What is a pronoun?

Refer to or replace nouns without explicitly repeating said noun

What is an antecedent?

The noun the pronoun is replacing

What is a subjective antecedent?

Pronouns that act as subject in a sentence I, we, you, he, she, they, it

What is an objective antecedent?

Pronouns that act as objects in a sentence me, us, her, him, it, us, you, they

What is a possesive antecedent?

A pronoun indicating possession mine, yours, hers, theirs, etc.

What is an adjective?

Modifiers that describe nouns and pronouns

Which one? What kind? How many?

What is a comparative adjective?

Adjectives that compare two things

What is a superlative adjective?

Adjectives describe something that is the highest degree or being; compare three or more things

What are articles?

A subcategory of adjectives

Definite: the (specific), answer “which one?”

Indefinite: a/an (generic), answers “how many?”

What is a verb?

Shows what the subject is doing or being

What is a linking verb?

Any verb that indicates being (ex: to be, to seem)
Linking verbs connect information about the subject with the subject

What is a predicative nominative noun?

A noun that follows a linking verb and is connected to, or redefines, the subject

What is a predicative adjective?

An adjective that follows a linking verb and is connected to, or redefines, the subject

What is an action verb?

Any verb that indicates doing

What is an adverb?

Modify non-nouns, including action verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
When?
Where?
How?

To what extent?

What are prepositions?

Words that show the relationship between the object of the prepositional phrase (a noun or pronoun) and other words in the sentence

Show time, place/direction, or relationship

What is the proper format for a prepositional phrase?

Prep. + optional modifiers + object of the prepositional phrase (noun/pronoun)

prepositional phrases will NEVER include verbs

What are interjections?

Short words or phrases that reveal emotion, offer reactions, insert pauses, or demand attention

What are conjunctions?

Connect words, phrases, and clauses

What is a coordinating conjunction?

Used to combine two independent clauses (Place a comma before)

OR

Used to combine words/phrases

What is a subordinating conjunction?

Join a dependent clause with an independent clause & establishes a relationship between the two

What does LIDDS stand for?

Language, imagery, details, diction, syntax

What does language in LIDDS mean?

Overall use/style of language, such as formal, light-hearted, critical, informal, sarcastic, etc. (includes use of figurative language, multiple languages, tone, etc.)

TONE

What does imagery in LIDDS mean?

Vivid appeals to the five senses; words or phrases that make the reader see/hear/taste/touch/smell something

What does details in LIDDS mean?

Information that the author chooses to include or omit (fact-based)

What does diction in LIDDS mean?

The connotation (associated meanings) or type of word choice

What does syntax in LIDDS mean?

Deliberate use of sentence structure, such as short, long, simple, complex, etc.

What does a frame narrative/story mean?

A “story within a story,” a literary device within a written piece where there are “frames” or outside narratives that surround inner stories or sets of stories; they give context to the story
(They make readers ask: who is telling the story, who is listening to the story, the legitimacy/truth of the story, and the occasion for telling it)

What is an epistolary novel?

Works of fiction that are written in the form of letters or other written documents (emails, text messages, social media posts, newspaper clippings, diary entries, etc.)

What does CEAT stand for?

Claim, evidence, analysis, tie it up/conclusion

What is the correct formatting for the top of an MLA paper?

In the top left in order: Page #

Name (First, Last)

Teacher

Class

Date

Centre Alligned Title

What size margins should you use?

1 in margins all sides

What spacing should you use in your document?

Double

What font should you use?

12pt Times New Roman

When should you italicize?

Titles that are independent and self-contained?

How should you site a quote?

(Last Name, Page #)