English Final Stidy Guide

Flashcards based on lecture notes covering sentence structures and figurative language.

Independent Clause

A clause that can stand alone as a sentence.

Compound Sentence

Two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.

Complex Sentence

One independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

Compound-Complex Sentence

Two or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

Prepositional Phrase

A phrase that begins with a preposition and modifies a word in the sentence.

Simile

Comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'.

Metaphor

Comparing two things without using 'like' or 'as'.

Hyperbole

Exaggeration for effect.

Personification

Giving human traits to nonhuman things.

Onomatopoeia

Words that sound like their meaning.

Alliteration

Repeating consonant sounds at the beginning of words.

Allusion

A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or work of art.

The snake slowly, silently, slithered towards its prey is an example of?

Alliteration

The words, bang whoosh and bark are examples of

Onomatopoeia

Her hair is like gold and as strong as an ox are examples of

Simile

The cruel wind tore off the roof of the house is an example of

Personification

The students were like ants crowded around the pizza box Is an example of

Simile

The sign red, Mr. Fox’s fantastic fabulous fourth graders is an example of

Alliteration

I’d rather take a bath with a man eating sharks then do my homework is an example of

Hyperbole

George’s face is a blooming flower when she is painting is an example of

Metaphor

Splat! Splash! The kids were having a water, balloon fight, is an example of

Onomatopoeia

The car is a rhino with its metal doors is an example of

Metaphor

Iran, so far that I ran to the moon and back 18 times as an example of

Hyperbole

The chair ground and grumbled when the man sat down is an example

Personification

The strawberry cake whispered my name when I walked by, is an example of

Personification

That is a statue in the forest, is an example of

Metaphor

Billy Bob Ben’s over to button his big bulging bag, as an example of

Alliteration

Sleeping Susan stand still near superstars, is an example of

Alliteration

Heaven is a place on earth is an example of…

Illusion

He was like Romeo when he asked her to prom, is an example of

Allusion