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English finals
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- 1Iambic Pentameter (5)a line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
- 2Iambic Pentameter ( 5 ) - Two house…, holds both, alike in, dig…, nitya line of verse with five metrical feet, each consisting of one short (or unstressed) syllable followed by one long (or stressed) syllable
- 3Coupletstwo lines rhyming
- 4Dramatic Ironythe audience knows something the character doesn't
- 5Nonessential adjective clause - Lisa, *who takes ballet with Jan*, is my best friend.a clause not essential to a sentence
- 6Introductory adverbial clause - *Before the campaign ends*, the candidates will debate.dependent clauses that provide background information. (Start with adverbs like after, although, as, because, before, if, since, though, until, when, etc.)
- 7Noun clause - *Whoever runs the fastest* will win the race.which, who, whoever, whomever, whose, what, whatsoever; being used as a subject
- 8Adverb clause - The game will begin *before he is able to get here.*a dependent clause that functions as an adverb
- 9Essential adjective clause - The man *who left his wallet* is coming back for it.is necessary or required to make sense of the sentence
- 10Participial Phrase ( -ing, -ed ) - Kimberly, *encouraged by her friends and family*, finished the race.a phrase that looks like a verb, but actually functions as an adjective
- 11Gerund Phrase ( it ) - *Writing an essay* is something that takes practice.a phrase consisting of a gerund and any modifiers or objects associated with it
- 12Infinitive Phrase ( to ) - I didn’t want *to get out of bed* this morning.a group of words that uses an infinitive
- 13Introductory Infinitive - *To not apologize* would be a big mistake.Phrases that don't have both a subject and a verb that are separate from the subject and verb in the main clause of the sentence
- 14slant/ near approximate rhyme - fiend/ mean; gun/ thumbWhen words share the same vowel sound or similar vowel sound and same end sound, they "sort of" rhyme, but not exactly
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