English 3 Accardi Finals study guide

Simile

A comparison using "like" or "as"

Connotation

an idea or feeling that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.

Compound sentence

a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions

Complex Sentence

A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

Ethos

credibility

Pathos

Appeal to emotion

Logos

an appeal based on logic or reason

Metaphor

A comparison without using like or as

Tone

Attitude a writer takes toward the audience, a subject, or a character

Mood

Feeling or atmosphere that a writer creates for the reader

Personification

A figure of speech in which an object or animal is given human feelings, thoughts, or attitudes

Parallelism

similarity of structure in a pair or series of related words, phrases, or clauses

Comma

a punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large numeral.

Semi Colon

a punctuation mark which connects two independent parts of a sentence.

Confused words

Words that are commonly misused or confused. Example: affect, effect; who's, whose

Linking Verb

A verb that does not show action but connects the subject with a word in the predicate.

Passive Voice

The subject of the sentence receives the action.

Dangling Modifier

a word or phrase that modifies a word not clearly stated in the sentence

Misplaced Modifier

A modifier that is not placed near the word it modifies

Parallel Structure

the repetition of words or phrases that have similar grammatical structures

Denotation

The dictionary definition of a word

Clause

a group of words with a subject and a verb

independent clause

A clause that can stand alone as a sentence

dependent clause

A clause in a complex sentence that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence and that functions within the sentence as a noun or adjective or adverb

Purpose

the goal the speaker wants to achieve

Active Voice

The subject of the sentence performs the action