Grammar and Literary Devices Refresher

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Simple sentence:

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Contains a subject, verb, and object.

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Example of a sentence fragment:

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Went to school.

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Difference between personification and pathetic fallacy?

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Pathetic fallacy is more specific than personification; it only involves nature.

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Example of a metaphor:

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Her eyes are the sun.

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Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows something a character does not.

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When the audience knows something that a character does not.

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Example of a comma splice error:

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Jenny went to work, she went to the grocery store.

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Rhetorical question?

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A question not meant to be answered.

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Difference between compound and complex sentences?

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A compound sentence joins two independent clauses; a complex sentence joins an independent clause and a dependent clause.

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Synecdoche: part represents whole or whole represents part.

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Both of the above.

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Incorrect apostrophe use: Jelly bean's are Alex's favourite candy!

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Jelly bean's are Alex's favourite candy!