Exam Review

Subjects must agree with their verbs in:

Definition: . to influence by trickery, flattery, etc.; mislead; delude.

repeating the same starting sounds of words.

writing that uses the five senses to create “pictures”

When attached to a subject, the word "neither", if not accompanied by "nor", makes the subject

The words "each" and "every" attached to a subject make it

Example: The child with / her infinite energy / would run / her parents to / the ground

comparison of two or more things using “like” or “as”

Definition: a movement of the body expressing deep respect or deferential courtesy

Neither Haley nor her mother like running errands in the afternoon.

Neither Brian nor Ryan likes their chores.

Definition: portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious

when a words pronunciation imitates its sound

Pronouns must agree with their antecedents in

Example: The fountain tossed its water

Definition: communication of thought by words; talk; conversation

Each of us like pizza more than ice cream.

Either Emily or her classmates will submit her test next.

Everyone gives their opinion.

When the stooping sky / Leans down upon the hills

Not only her students but also Ms. Cochran like to watch movies.

Definition: a funeral song or tune, or one expressing mourning in commemoration of the dead.

Drip—hiss—drip—hiss— fall the raindrops.

exaggeration for effect

An antecedent is

Both Logan and his friends visit their former teachers.

"Both Lauren and Paul" is

Definition: to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat

Example: His sorrow goes / Like mountain snows / In waters sweet and clear,

Example: Bob sweats to death, as he walks along; / Were't not for laughing, I should pity him.

Example: Chicago is a city that is fierce as a dog with tongue lapping for action.

exaggeration for effect

Example: Gracefully she sat down sideways, / With a simper smile

comparison of two or more things not using “like” or “as”

giving human traits or characteristics to an object or idea

Definition: the body of knowledge, especially of a traditional, anecdotal, or popular nature

Definition: having an old-fashioned attractiveness or charm; oddly picturesque