Unit 4 Study Guide

What are the characteristics of iambic pentameter?

• consists of five syllables

• consists of ten syllables

• contains 5 iambs

• contains 10 iambs

A big smile on his face, Max came out of the interview room with an offer letter.

The underlined section is an example of:

• an absolute phrase

• a gerund phrase

• a participial phrase

• an appositive

Ironing a clean shirt, __________, and buying a pack of gum for fresh breath were the tasks that Aaron completed before the first day of spring semester.

• The printout of a course schedule

• printing a course schedule

• making sure that he had printed a course schedule

a noun phrase modifying the rest of the sentence, generally made up of a noun or a pronoun with a participial phrase

• participial phrase

• appositive phrase

• absolute phrase

• appositive

Rob, an excellent player, was named the Most Valuable Player in his league.

The underlined section is an example of:

• an absolute phrase

• a participle phrase

• an appositive

• a gerund phrase

a noun or phrase that renames or describes the noun to which it is next

• absolute phrase

• appositive phrase

• participle phrase

• gerund phrase

Choose the transition words

• Besides

• that

• This

• lastly

latin prefix -counter-

• opposite

• among

• out of

• believe

latin prefix -inter-

• between

• out of

• against

• beyond

Author William Shakespeare wrote over 30 plays during the course of his career.

The underlined section is an example of:

• An absolute phrase

• a participle phrase

• a gerund phrase

• an appositive