English Language Review: Grammar, Literary Analysis, and Vocabulary
English Language Review
Grammar: Subject Pronouns (p. 158)
- Subject pronouns are used as the subject of a sentence.
- Examples: I, we, you, he, she, they, it.
Literary Analysis: Analogy & Allusion (p. 158)
- Analogy: A comparison used to describe or explain something.
- Example: “Stinky looked like a Volcho compared with all the BMWs and Cadillacs around the pool.”
- Allusion: A reference to a famous person, event, or character.
- Example: “He looks like Captain America from the Avengers.”
Vocabulary (p. 162)
- Consequence: Something that happens as a result of another action.
- Contend: To say that you believe something is true.
- Conviction: A strong belief.
- Dictate: To control or determine.
- Endeavor: A serious effort or try.
- Momentous: An important event, a meaningful moment (e.g., getting married).
- Profound: Filled with deep meaning.
- Transition: A slow change.
Grammar: Action Verbs in Present Tense (p. 184)
- A present tense action verb tells what the subject does now or does often.
- Example: Dr. Ben Carson works as a surgeon.
- An action verb can have a helping verb (can, could, may, might) and a main verb.
- Example: I could be a doctor.
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Literary Analysis: Author’s Purpose, Text Structure, Point of View (p. 184)
- Author’s Purpose: The reason an author decides to write about a specific topic. The author must decide whether their purpose for writing is to inform, persuade, entertain, or explain their ideas to the reader.
- Text Structure: How the information within a written text is organized. This helps students understand that a text might present a main idea and details; a cause and then its effects; and/or different views of a topic.
- Point of View: The narrator’s position in relation to the story being told.
Vocabulary (p. 188)
- Alienation: The feeling of isolation and loneliness.
- Commiserate: To share unhappiness with someone.
- Empathize: To understand someone’s feelings.
- Ethnicity: A person’s race, country of birth, religion, or family.
- Integrate: To mix people of all races.
- Perception: An observation or feeling about something.
- Segregation: The separation of people of different races.
- Tolerance: Respect for all beliefs, customs, and ways of life of people.
Grammar: Verbs in the Present Tense (p. 212)
- The verb “have” has two forms in the present:
- I have courage.
- He has strength.
- The verb “be” has three forms in the present:
- I am brave. She is brave. We are brave.
- Use am, is, or are plus a main verb that ends in -ing to tell about something that is in the process of happening.
- I am reading a book.
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Vocabulary (p. 242)
- Acknowledgement: Something done to express thanks.
- Devastating: A destructive and damaging thing.
- Dispel: Scatter, separate.
- Evade: To avoid something or escape from it.
- Improvise: Create and perform (music, drama, or verse) spontaneously or without preparation.
- Opponent: Someone who competes against or fights another in a contest, game, or argument; a rival or adversary.
- Pensively: To act quietly and thoughtfully.
- Surge: A sudden powerful forward or upward movement, especially by a crowd or by a natural force such as the waves or tide.