Semester 2 Review

Independent or Dependent: "When the day is done."

What is the acronym for the coordinating conjunctions?

True or False: Mr. Pastrano starred in a local commercial that aired during the Superbowl.

Independent or Dependent: "He likes Skittles."

Independent or Dependent: "What's your name?"

a figure of speech in which apparently contradictory terms appear in conjunction. Ex: Damned Saint

If Mr. Pastrano could open a business in Sioux Falls, what would it be?

When a character says one thing but means the opposite of what they say.

What's the preposition: "The cat went beneath the car."

The lasting impression or overall effect a piece of writing has on a reader.

How would you create an in-text citation in MLA for a source by Gunderson on page 12?

The main idea or underlying message of a text.

When the writer jumps back in time in the narrative of the story.

Independent or Dependent: "Although the game went into overtime."

The building up of events and tension in a story is called...

Is the comma usage correct: Samantha, the smartest girl in school, got accepted to Yale.

The main point of a piece of writing.

What's the preposition: "I drove past the library."

Choose the correct homophone: Can you believe that _________ going to be 80 degrees today?

Giving human like characteristics to nonhuman things is....

Is the comma usage correct: "Although I love chocolate, I really don't like chocolate cake."

What is Mr. Pastrano's favorite Slipknot song?

An educated guess made regarding a text.

Choose the correct homophone: Have you been ___________ yet?

Choose the correct homophone: I wish I had ___________ sense of style.

When using a semicolon, it can only be used if it is dividing two independent clauses and

How old will Mr. Pastrano turn this summer?

True or False: Today is Mr. Pastrano's son's birthday.

"You're" is an example of a

The underlying message of a story that's conveyed through other elements is called...

Information in a text that gives readers additional information to help them better understand.

What's the preposition: "I chased my brother around the kitchen table."

The perspective in which a story is told.

How would you cite a source with two authors (Hope & Miller) on page 32?

When the reader knows something but the characters in the play do not.

Independent or Dependent: "Even though I missed school."

A joke that exploits the different possible meanings of a word

Choose the correct homophone: I heard __________ moving next month.

A struggle that a character faces within themselves is called...

Comparing two unlike things using like or as.

Is the comma usage correct: I really enjoy hiking, nature is the best.

Is the comma usage correct: "I like lettuce pickles, and tomato on my hamburgers."

Independent or Dependent: "I really enjoy English class."

What is Mr. Pastrano's favorite color

What is the name of Mr. Pastrano's Black Metal Gnome?

How does Mr. Pastrano drink his coffee?

What's the preposition: "I got in line before it got busy."

Comparing two unlike things

When the reader expects a character to do something but they do the opposite.