ENGLISH, reviewer

6 SENSES

1. Sight – appeals to the sense of seeing

2. Sound – appeals to the sense of hearing
3. Smell / Olfactory – appeals to the sense of smelling
4. Touch / Tactile – appeals to the sense of feeling.
5. Taste / Gustatory – appeals to the sense of tasting.
6. Motion – appeals to the sense of seeing except that the line contains
another dimension - movement.

PARTS OF A SENTENCE

SUBJECT – a person or a thing that is being discussed.

PREDICATE – contains a verb and stating something about the subject.

INVERSION – in grammar,
inversion is a reversal of
normal word order.
ANALOGIES

- Synonyms 1. Recognize the

- Antonyms relationship between
- Category words.
- Verb forms
- Rhymes 2. Recognize when to word
pairs display equal
Etc.
relationship.

EXAMPLE:

UP is to DOWN as to OVER is to UNDER

Infant : Baby :: Grown-up : Adult (synonym)

Big : Small :: Full : Empty (antonym)

Wheel : Car :: Branch : Tree (category)

 ACRONYM - an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words
and pronounced as a word. (e.g., NASA, LGBTQ, UNESCO…)

CLIPPING ABBREVIATIONS
 SHORTEN →
“spoken” “written”

 

lab = laboratory bldg. = building

fan = fanatic etc. = etcetera

SERMON

Sermo (Latin) = “Talk”

is/are
Didactic = moral religious values
INTERJECTIONS

- Words or phrases that express strong feelings / emotions (!)

(happiness, sadness, surprise, pain, hate etc.)

They are usually paired with an exclamation point;

Wow! That is unbelievable! (amazed, surprised)

Ouch! That hurts! (pain)
Phew! That almost got me. (relief)
Oh my! Look who’s here! (sarcastic)

TERZA RIMA – originally an Italian word “third rhyme” (tercet (3) lines per
stanza).


IAMBIC (5 feet)

- 1 foot (2 beats / DANTE ALIGHIERI → “The Divine Comedy”

syllables) (narrative epic poem)
WORD FORMATION PROCESS

1. COMPOUNDING – 2 words are combined to form a new one.

ARM CHAIR = ARMCHAIR

  
body part furniture a chair where you
can rest your arm

2. BLENDING – 2 words are combined to form a new one by eliminating

letters.

SMOKE + FOG = SMOG

BREAKFAST + LUNCH = BRUNCH
MOTOR + HOTEL = MOTEL