COMP 2 FINAL

what 3 things make up a complete sentence

subject, verb, complete thought

when it comes to subject verb agreement, a singular subject equal what

singular verb

when it comes to subject verb agreement, a plural subject equal what

plural verb

which indefinite pronouns are always singular

everyone, someone, anyone, nobody, each

which indefinite pronouns are always plural

few, many, several, both

which indefinite pronouns can be both singular and plural

all, any, none, some, most

what are 3 ways you can embed quotes

single phrase + comma, integrated into sentence, colon before a long quote

who =?

subject

whom =?

object

6 times you should use a comma

after intro elements

in list

before coordinating conjunctions

around nonessential info

with quotes

with dates, places, titles

definition of an appositive phrase

a phrase that renames or explains a noun

definition of an appositive

a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun

definition of a noun

person, place, thing, idea

definition of a verb

and action or state of being

definition of an adjective

describes a noun

definition of a adverb

describes a verb adjective or another adverb

fix run on sentence

comma and coord conjunction

fix comma splice

add conjunction, change comma to semicolon, make each independent clause its own sentence

fix fragments

remove period between the fragment and main clause

narrative poetry

tells a story

lyric poetry

expresses personal emotions or thought

dramatic poetry

written in verse and meant to be spoken often includes dialogue

carpe diem poem

urges readers to seize the day

denotation

literal dictionary meaning

connotation

implied or emotional meaning

stanzas

groups of lines in a poem like a paragraph

blank verse

unrhymed iambic pentameter

free verse

no regular or meter

sonnet

14 line poem w/a specific rhyme scheme

haiku

3 line poem w/ 5-7-5 syllables

end rhyme

rhymes at the end of lines

slant rhyme

approximate rhyme not exact

eye rhyme

looks like it rhymes but doesn’t sound like it

internal rhyme

rhymes within the same line

alliteration

repetition of beginning consonant sounds

assonance

repetition of vowel sounds

consonance

repetition of consonant sounds

concrete poetry

poem shaped like its subject

misplaced and dangling modifiers

move it where its connected to the right subject

anaphora

repetition of words at the beginning of lines

synecdoche

a part represents the whole (“wheels” for car)

metonymy

substituting a related word

temporal setting

time period in which the story takes place

authorial time

when author wrote the play

reader time/ performance time

when audience reads or watches it

3rd party pov

narrator is outside the story

antihero

flawed protag lacking heroic traits

monologue

long speech by one character to others

soliloquy

long speech to sled reveals others

aside

short comment to the audience

novel

long fictional narrative

novella

shorter than novel longer than short story

short story

brief fictional narrative

short short story

extremely brief also called flash fiction

plot

sequence of events `

character

people or beings in the story

setting

time and place of the story

conflict

struggle or problem in the story

deus ex machina

sudden resolution by unexpected means

dream solution

ending explained in a dream

1st person pov

narrator is a character (I )

2nd person pov

narrator speaks to you

foil

character who contrasts with another

flat/round character

flat - 1D

round - complex

static/ dynamic character

static - unchanged by end

dynamic - changes

symbol

something that reps someone else

allegory

story with a hidden moral or political meaning

allusion

reference to another work or event

irony

opposite of what’s expected

metaphor

direct comparison terms

oxymoron

contradictory terms

personification

giving human traits to nonhumans

simile

comparison using like or as

theme

central idea of the message/work

and of clay are we created

Isabel allende

puppy

George saunders

id love you to want me

việt nguyen

lusus naturae

Margaret Atwood

st Lucas home for girls raised by wolves

karen russell

the thing in the forest

A.S. Byatt

a very old man with enormous wings

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

a good man is hard to find

Flannery O’Conner

a wall of fire rising

edwidge danticat

water by the spoonful

quiara hudes

a raisin in the sun

lorraine Hansberry

the weary blues

langston hughes

I too

Langston huges

harlem

langston hughes

let America be America again

langston hughes

if we must die

claude McKay

America

Claude McKay

the White House

claude McKay

the love song of j Alfred prufrock

T.S. Eliot

the rime of the ancient mariner

Samuel Taylor Coleridge s

still i rise

Maya Angelou

hades welcomes his bride

A.E. stallings

persimmons

li young lee

the flea

John donne

the word plum

Helen chasin

the call

jessie pope