AICE ENGLISH LANG- Semester 1 Midterm Practice

Accumulation

The resort offers skiing, snorkeling, kayaking, scuba diving, sailing, dancing, yoga, pottery and so much more!

Polyptoton

I wonder if he ever wonders about me.

Asyndeton

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Polysyndeton

"Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. —USPS

Active Voice

The chef prepared the meal.

Passive Voice

The meal was prepared by the chef.

Rhetorical Question

Are we a nation that tolerates the hypocrisy of a system where workers who pick our fruit and make our beds never have a chance to get right with the law? Are we a nation that accepts the cruelty of ripping children from their parents' arms? Or are we a nation that values families, and works to keep them together?

Hypophora

Why should you vote for me? I'll give you five good reasons

Anaphora

She danced with grace. She danced with passion. She danced with pure joy.

Epiphora

The journey is long, but worth it. The challenges are tough, but worth it. The destination is uncertain, but worth it.

Epimone

Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and foster such a tension that a community which has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue. It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent resister may sound rather shocking. But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word "tension." …Just as Socrates felt that it was necessary to create a tension in the mind so that individuals could rise from the bondage of myths and half truths …

Diacope

To be or not to be.

Relative Pronouns

who	whom	which	that	whose
what	where	when	whenever	whoever
whomever	whichever	whatever	wherever

Subordinate Conjunctions

after	although	as	when	while
until	because	before	if	since

Comparative Clause Terms

like

as

than

Coordinating Conjunctions

for

and

nor

but

or

yet

so

Simple

The queen is sick.

The queen and her staff

are sick.

Compound

The queen is sick; her husband remains healthy.  

The queen is sick, but her husband remains healthy.

Complex

Because the queen is sick, her husband might have to run the country. 

Her husband might have to run the country since the queen is sick.

Compound - Complex

Because the queen is sick, she cannot run the country, so her husband might have to rule in her place.

Telegraphic

5 words or less

Short

6-10 words

Medium

11-29 words

Long

30 or more words

Declarative

The queen is sick.

Imperative

Stand up.      OR    Stand up!

Interrogative

Is the queen sick?

Exclamatory

The queen is dead!

Absolute Phrase

Engine running…

Appositive phrase

The car, a red Ferrari, …

Shifted Adjectives

My mom, hyper and happy, …

Participial Phrase

His hands were really strong, gripping the bar firmly.

Action Verb

The snow shimmers…