Even Better English Exam (not they are good anyway)
Terms
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- caedo, caedere, cecidi, caesum
- to cut
- adjectives
- when infinitives are used as _____ they modify nouns or pronouns.
- infer
- to use available evidence to form a conclusion; to guess
- Mr. Dussel's job
- He was a dentist
- sub
- under
- illustration
- writing w/ thesis statement, and follows w/ reasons, examples, and facts
- luein, lutos
- to loosen, to untie; capable of being untied
- Anne's birthplace
- Frankfurt, Germany
- sequor, sequi, secutum
- to follow
- distort
- to change something to make it false; to twist (something) out of its natural shape
- opening paragraph
- introduce your topic, gain readers attention, identify thesis
- apo, apere, epi, aptum
- to fasten, to attach
- discreet
- showing tact, respect, and restraint in speech or behavior
- infringe
- to go beyond set limits(used with on or upon)
- juncture
- a serious state of affairs; the condition or point of being joined
- impertinent
- impudent; rude
- cum
- with, together with
- developing middle
- explain, narrate, define, and compare
- auspicious
- showing signs that promise success
- retrospect
- a survey of past times or events
- where, when, how, why, to what extent
- infinitives functioning as adverbs tell ____, _____, ____,______, and ____ ___ ____.
- subject, direct object, indirect object, subject compliment, object of the preposition, and predicate nominative
- list the uses for a gerund/ gerund phrase (S,D,I,SC,O,P)
- video, videre, vidi, visum
- to see
- torqueo, torquere, torsi, tortum
- to twist, to bend, to turn around
- concise
- saying or writing much in few words
- thesis formula
- specific topic + a particular feature, feeling, or stand
- thesis statement
- identifies the focus for your academic essays
- nouns
- when infinitives are used as ______ they act as either subjects, direct objects, subject complements, predicate nominative, or object of the preposition.
- infinitivPr
- begin with to, and followed by a ver
- ostentatious
- showy; intended to impress people
- fero, ferre, tuli, latum
- to bring, to carry
- Anne's dream job
- Become a writer
- abscond
- to leave quickly and secretly and hide oneself
- improvise
- to make up something without preparation; to make or provide from materials on hand
- non sequitur
- a statement that does not follow logically from evidence
- three things that Jews had to do or weren't allowed to do
- Wear Star of David, couldn't ride bikes or streetcars, and had to stay in the house at certain times.
- nouns
- gerunds function as ______.
- Mr. Frank's nickname
- Pim
- adversity
- hardship; misfortune
- percussion
- the sharp striking of one thing against another; instruments that make sound when struck
- specto, spectare, spectavi, spectatum
- to look at
- teneo, tenere, tenui, tentum
- to hold, to keep
- tenacity
- hanging on to something persistently or stubbornly
- birthday Anne got her diary
- 13th birthday
- proponent
- one who argues in support of something
- reiterate
- to say over again
- dilatory
- tending to delay or to postpone
- spectrum
- the distribution of characteristics of a physical system, especially bands of colors seen as a rainbow or bands of differing sound waves; a wide range of related qualities or ideas
- first one to die first out of Anne and Margot
- Margot
- vigilo, virgilare, vigilavi, vigilatum
- to watch
- medius
- middle
- nouns, and pronouns
- participles modify ____ and _____.
- Where Anne lives
- Amsterdam, Netherlands
- adjectives
- participles act as _______.
- aptitude
- a natural talent or ability; quickness in learning
- closing paragraph
- wrap up essay, rewrite thesis
- stringent
- severe; constricted; tight; pertaining to scarcity of money
- exonerate
- to free from blame; to relieve of task
- contrite
- thoroughly remorseful and repentant of one's sins
- ___________ got called up
- Margot Frank
- condone
- to forgive; to disregard an offense
- strait
- a narrow passage of water connecting two large bodies of water; a difficulty or bad position(usually plural)
- inept
- without skill, inappropriate or out of place; foolish or absurd
- Van Daan- real or fake
- No, Anne changed a couple of the names for the sake of them not being caught
- the only survivor
- Mr. Frank (Otto)
- reason for Kitty
- Kitty is to be Anne's friend that she can open up to and shares secrets with because she feels she can't do that with her other friends
- super
- above
- -ing
- gerunds end in -______.
- retort
- to reply quickly and sharply, often as if to reply in an accusation; a quick, witty reply, sometimes biting reply
- pertinacious
- holding firmly, even stubbornly, to a belief
- formal english
- serious tone, long sentences, and worded carefully
- infinitve phrases
- include infinitve and words that go with it
- tendo, tendere, tetendi, tensum
- to bring, to bear, to carry
- pat
- purpose, audience, topic
- repertoire
- to stock o plays, stories, songs, or other pieces that a player or company is prepared to perform; the skills or accomplishments of a particular person or group
- discern
- to perceive; to detect differences
- which one, what kind, how many
- participles tell ____ ____, ____ ____, and ____ ____.
- vigilant
- watchful; on the look
- the other stubborn lady in the annexe
- Mrs. Van Daan
- expound
- to set forth an explanation or view of something in detail(usually used with on)
- Anne's feelings towards Peter and why she can confide in him
- Yes, Anne is in love with Peter in my opinion. I think she feels she can open up to him because she knows he won't tell her secrets. Also, she thinks he won't care about the fact that she is insecure because he is also some what insecure.
- contend
- to engage in a quarrel, a struggle, or rivalry; to assert; to put forward in argument
- prose
- ordinary speech or writing without rhyme or meter (without verse); referring to speech or writing other than verse
- cannot
- gerunds and gerund phrases _____ be taken out of the sentence.
- absolve
- to relieve of blame or obligation; to pardon a sin
- the last person to come to the "secret annexe"
- Mr. Dussel
- per
- through
- exhilarate
- to cheer; to stimulate; to enliven
- resolve
- to make a firm decision about; to find a solution
- excerpt
- a passage selected from a book, play, piece of music, etc.; to take a passage from a book, etc.; to quote
- avert
- to turn away (one's eyes); to prevent
- nouns, adjectives, or adverbs
- what do infinitves and infinitive phrases function as?
- subsequent
- coming after or later
- ex
- from, out of
- ostendo, ostendere, ostendi, ostensum
- to exhibit
- solvo, solvere, solvi, solutum
- to loosen, to untie
- mediocrity
- the condition of being commonplace or ordinary, somewhere in the middle between high and low,; a very ordinary person
- gerund phrase
- the gerund and the words that go with it
- extraneous
- coming from outside; foreign; not essential or vital
- superfluous
- beyond what is required; extra
- sequester
- to go into hiding; to seek solitude; to isolate
- re
- back, again
- extra
- on the outside
- The relationship with Anne and her mom
- Anne doesn't think her mom is very motherly. Anne feels that she has to mother herself, so she blocks her mom off when her mom tries to be loving. This blocking off causes Mrs. Frank much pain because she knows that Anne will never love her. LAter though, Anne tries to put herself in her mom's shoes. Anne tries harder to get a better relationship with her mom.
- verso, versare, versavi, versatum
- to turn, to turn around
- analyze
- to look at something carefully by attention to its parts
- frango, frangere, fregi, fractum
- to break
- ab
- away from
- always
- gerunds ______ have the same ending.
- permeate
- to penetrate through spaces; to spread throughout
- cerno, cernere, crevi, cretum
- to separate, to sift, to decide
- the concentration camp Anne was sent to
- Bergen- Belsen
- pono, ponere, posui, positum
- to place, to put
- Anne
- She is smart, stubborn, seems confidant, but she says she isn't, popular but still sad and lonely
- 2-3
- How many methods of support to use?
- introspection
- examination of one's own thoughts and feelings
- adding, deleting, reordering, and reworking
- 4 ways to improve writing
- reticent
- of a silent nature; reserved in manner
- The name of Anne's diary
- Kitty
- abound
- to exist in great quantities or numbers; to be fully supplied or filled
- adverbs
- when infinitives are used as _____ they modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
- informal english
- personal tone, shorter sentences, relaxed
- which one, what kind, how many
- infinitives functioning as adjectives tell ____ ____,____ ___, or ____ ____.
- can
- participles ___ be left out of a sentence.
- stringo, stringere, strinxi, strictum
- to dram together tightly, to tie