Unit 1 What's Important

Connotation is

Many buses in the terminal are waiting to depart. (do the subject/verb agree?)

Jerry learns he cannot buy anymore cowboy cards. How does this develop the plot of the story?

That courage like a rock, which she has no more need of, and I have. (What is the simile?)

What is free verse in poetry?

What type of literary work can be written in iambic pentameter?

What is the meter: The golden brooch my mother wore

A direct object answers the question:

A relative pronoun connects a clause or phrase to a noun or pronoun. Relative pronouns are:

Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its compound subject?

Identify the nominative case pronouns:

The poet paid homage to the great artist by eulogizing him in an epic poem. Homage means:

Posters about safety hangs in every office in Town Hall. (do the subject/verb agree?)

What is a helping verb?

What does a nominative pronoun do?

Which sentence uses a verb that agrees with its pronoun subject?

An indirect object answers the question:

I heard that one of your sisters met her match in the spelling bee.

"The Bat-Poet" is told in what point of view? (narrator tells only the bat's thoughts/feelings)

What is an antecedent in grammar?

"I laugh with my legs" uses what type of figurative language?

Denotation is

The painting, an authentic work, was found in Picasso's sketch book. Authentic means:

"I" and "you" are singular subjects that almost always require _____ verbs.

What tells you that Squeaky decided to give Gretchen a chance at the end of "Raymond's Run"?

Which best identifies a main theme of "President Cleveland, Where Are You?"

What is the antecedent: "John arrived late because traffic held him up"

What is the meter: From forth the fatal loins of these two foes

An objective case pronoun can be any of the following except

Which is a literary allusion?