GMAS ELA Review

what is a simple sentence?

• a single complete thought that contains a subject and a verb

• the dog catches the cat

• a complex long sentence

what is a compound sentence?

• a sentence that uses fanboy's

• contains two independent clauses joined by a conjunction

what is a complex sentence?

• something that doesn't use fanboy's

• contains an independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses

• the dog,cat ran up to their owner

what is a compound-complex sentence?

• has two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause

• i rode the bicycle home

what is a misplaced modifier?

• is a word,phrase,or clause that is improperly separated from the word that describes.

• replaced word

the dangling modifier is

• phrase or clause

• compound sentence

• a phrase or clause that is not clearly and logically related to the word or words it modifies

• simple sentence

coordinate adjectives are

• verb adjectives

• adjectives that appear in a sequence to modify the same noun are coordinate adjectives

what is personification?

• a person

• when a writer describes an object as if if were a person, he or she is using .....

• she wasn't ready

a simile is

• smile

• a comparison using like or as

a metaphor is

• a comparison that doesn't use like or as

• a comparison that does use like or as

• is a direct comparison that states one thing is another.It isn't literal,but descriptive.