English Test 10/28

Honors English Test 2025-2026 school year on 10/28/25

Declarative Sentence

A statement that conveys information.

Command Sentence

A sentence that gives an order or request.

Interrogative Sentence

A sentence that asks a question.

Exclamatory Sentence

A sentence that expresses strong emotion.

Simple Sentence

A group of words with a subject, predicate, and a complete thought.

Compound Sentence

Two or more independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunctions.

Complex Sentence

One independent clause and one or more dependent clauses joined with a subordinating conjunction.

Compound/Complex Sentence

Two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction and one or more dependent clauses.

Clause

A group of words that has a subject and a predicate.

Phrase

A group of words that does not have a subject or predicate.

Coordinating Conjunctions

Words that connect clauses or sentences: But, For, And, Or, Nor, Yet, So. (F.A.N.B.O.Y.S.)

Subordinating Conjunctions

Words that connect a dependent clause to an independent clause: After, Because, Although, Since, Before, While.

Parallel Structure

The repetition of words, phrases, and clauses that share a grammatical structure.

Syntax

The way words are arranged in sentences.

Figurative Language

The comparison of two different things that aren't similar.

Metaphor

A figure of speech that makes a comparison between two unlike things.

Simile

A figure of speech comparing two unlike things using 'as', 'like', or 'than'.

Personification

Attributing human characteristics to non-human entities.

Hyperbole

An exaggerated statement not meant to be taken literally.

Imagery

Words that appeal to the senses: sound, sight, taste, touch, & smell.

Diction

The author's choice of words.

Tone

The feeling the author creates in the writing.

Details

Facts, observations, reasons, examples, & incidents that make writing come alive.