Grammar & Vocabulary English 2

Match each word to the correct definition.

• embed

• to fit a quotation smoothly into your own sentence

• context

• information that clarifies what is happening in a moment or situation

• reasoning

• a conclusion drawn from evidence that explains how the evidence supports the claim

Match each word to the correct definition.

• imagery

• the major idea or underlying message that a literary text communicates

• tone

• how a text makes the reader feel through diction, setting and imagery

• mood

• the message or messages an author is trying to convey to the reader in an informational text

• theme

• descriptive language in a literary work that appeals to the five senses

• central idea

• the author's attitude or feelings toward the subject matter or audience

The narrator directly tells what a character is like.

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

The narrator shows what a character is like through the character's words, thoughts, actions and through other characters' reactions.

• direct characterization

• indirect characterization

A conclusion reached on the basis of evidence and reasoning is called an __________.

• assumption
• hypothesis
• deduction
• inference

Match each word to the correct definition.

• figurative language

• words or phrases that do not have literal meanings

  Ex: simile, metaphor, personification

• subsequent

• occurs within the character

  Ex: man vs. self

• perspective

• occurs between a character and someone/something the outside world

  Ex: man vs. man

• external conflict

• coming after something in time; following

• internal conflict

• how the narrator and/or characters perceive what is taking place within the story

A complete thought that can stand alone as a sentence.

• Phrase
• Independent clause
• Fragment
• Dependent clause

A __________ adds information to an independent clause; it cannot stand alone as a sentence.

• subordinate clause
• dependent clause
• coordinating clause
• independent clause

A ___________ occurs when two independent clauses are joined by a comma.

• fragment
• comma splice
• compound sentence
• run-on sentence

A ____________ is when two independent clauses are joined without any punctuation between them.

• fused sentence

• complex sentence
• fragment
• compound sentence