English Final Test

What is an incomplete sentence?

Missing a subject/predict

Not a complete idea or thought

What is a Dependent Clause?

Does not make sense on its own

Subject & Predict

What is a subject?

Noun or Noun Phrase

The object or organism that is being described

What is a Predict?

What is Verb or Verb Phrase

What the subject does

What is a Complete Sentence?

One or more independent clause

Opposite of a fragment

Subject & Predict

Independent Clause

Subject & Predict

Makes sense on its own

What is a Compound Sentence?

2 Simple sentences or independent clauses

Each one portrays a complete thought with a subject & Predict

What are the FANBOYS?

For

And

Nor

But

Or

Yet

So

How do you form a Compound sentence

Coordinating Conjuntion=FANBOYS

Comma, Semicolon; & a transitional expression

What is combing thoughtfully?

Connecting ideas, they have to relate to each other

Subordinating Conjunction

Words that connect Independent and Dependent Clauses Sometimes with a comma

What is a Complex Sentence?

At least one dependent clause & ONE independent

How do you create a complex Sentence?

Connect dependent & independent Clauses with a subordinate conjunction

What do you NOT need when beginning the sentence with an Independent Clause?

A Comma

What do you need when beginning the sentence with a Dependent Clause?

A Comma

What does THAMOS mean?

Therefore, However, Also, Meanwhile, and Otherwise

Conjunction Adverbs are used as transitional expressions that connect two independent clauses in a compound sentence

What does SWABI mean?

Since, When, After, Because, and If

Subordinating conjunctions that join two complete thoughts into one complex sentence

What is a Compound/Complex Sentence?

2+ Independent clauses

1+ Dependent clauses

Dependent, Independent, Independent

Comma goes after the Dependent clause and before the Independents that are connected by a FANBOYS

Independent, Dependent, Independent

Comma after Dependent clause

Independent, Independent, Dependent

Comma before Dependent clause

What is a good thesis statement?

What the topic of the paper is. How the writer intends to discuss that topic. It gives a blueprint for how the essay will be structured.

- Ex: World hunger has many causes and effects.

What are good transitions?

They connect sentences, and can be phrases or one-word ex: However, in the beginning, such as, for example

what makes strong evidence?

Specific current evidence from a reliable source that directly relates to the topic and supports the claim.

what is one symbol in of mice and men?

Candy’s wife - the failed American dream: her husband crushes her dream and her death crushes Lennie and George’s

What are some symbols in The Lord of the Flies?

The Masks Jack and his hunters wear: they show how when people are anonymous they commit acts they wouldn’t otherwise because they cannot be held accountable for their anonymous actions.

The fire: Hope for rescue and destruction: Jack’s savages use it against Ralph, and the fire gets out of control and takes out a chunk of the mountain.

Themes in The Lord of the Flies

Identity: how they become more and more savage, losing their values and killing Simon and Piggy.

Human Nature: Shows how when humans no longer succumb to the constraints of society, human nature takes over. (savage, killing)

Themes in Of Mice and Men

Discrimination- Curley’s wife, Lennie, and Crooks represent how they were discriminated against.

The American Dream - Lennie, Candy, and George have the American dream of having a farm and land.

Friendship - Lennie and George being friends.