English 11 2nd Semester Vocab & Exam Review

What is the term? Repetition of the same phrase or word at the BEGINNING of several clauses

What is the term? A writing term for sentence structure

What is the term? Using emotions like fear or guilt of the audience to persuade the speaker's point.

Vocab. The ____ amount of frosting on the cake made me ask for a glass of milk.

Vocab. After a 19-2 loss, the reporter asked the hockey team questions in a ____ manner to not embarrass them.

What punctuation is used for websites?

What punctuation is used for books?

Which transition fits best? _____ he was late for the third time, Bryan was fired.

What is incorrect for an MLA Works Cited page?

What is incorrect for MLA format?

Vocab. Since the man insisted that I hit his car, I called the police to _____ him and calm him down.

What punctuation is used for songs?

Which is the correct use of a dash?

Vocab. The judge said that his decision is _____ and so no appeal could be made.

Vocab. Begging for candy was ____ for Timmy since his parent was determined to not buy more sugar.

What is the term? a short story, often used to portray an example or to provide a hook

What is the term? Using facts or reasoning to prove one's point.

Vocab. Everyone seems to wish for a life of ____, no matter if that means fame, wealth, or family.

What punctuation is used for articles?

Is this a comma splice? To help fight climate change, Congress passed new mandates.

Where does punctuation go with parenthetical citations?

What would the MLA parenthetical citation be? Colby, Sam. The Alley. Penguin, 1993.

Vocab. Looking for ___, Cheri asked her friend Kirt for his opinion, knowing that he would be honest.

What tense is used when writing about books, movies, and tv shows?

Which type of writing? A breakdown of a speaker's choices to sell a message

Vocab. The coach demanded more ____ from his players when they were walking instead of running.

Which type of writing? Uses sources and either footnotes or a Works Cited to present documentation

What is the term? giving something not human (a car, camera, tree) characteristics of a person

Where does punctuation go with DIALOGUE?

What is the term? A twist when something is expected or predicted.

Vocab. The detectives recognized the perp's ______ of clapping when yelling, so they realized the criminal's name.

Vocab. In Florida, some waters are ___ with alligators and should definitely be avoided.

What is the term? A reference to an event, title, name, etc. that implies something (Okay, Confucious)

Which transition fits best? I love to laugh, ___ he loves to frown. Therefore, we often argue.

What punctuation is used for movies?

Vocab. The girl gasped when her parents asked her to complete a ____ amount of chores that would take all day.

Vocab. Ellen invited the ___ boy on her show. Though he was two, he already knew all the presidents.

Vocab. The detective interviewed some people to ___ the first witness's claims about the robbery.

What is the term? An in-depth comparison of two things in order to explain a similar function or relationship

Vocab. Most birthday celebrations involve people requesting to eat their ____ meal.

What would the MLA parenthetical citation be? "Statistics about Basketball." ESPN.com 5 May 2016. espn.com/statistics2

Is this a comma splice? Gas prices keep rising, people are carpooling to save money.

Which type of writing? A story with conflict told in first person and chronological order

Vocab. After meeting Justin Bieber in person, his biggest fan declared the day incredibly _____.

Vocab. Because of the great quality, the teacher used the student's essay as a ______ next year.

Vocab. The ___ child, at age eight, already earned a 1400 on her SAT.

Vocab. No one faulted the ___ for only scoring four points in his first NBA basketball game.

Vocab. During the tornado, we were ordered to take shelter in the ____ room since it could hundreds of people.

What is the term? Using one's credibility or status in society to prove their point.

Vocab. The fire was too out of control, so my attempts to put it out with a cup of water was ___.