SHS ENTRANCE EXAM ENG

• Homonyms


  same spelling but have different meanings
• Synonyms


  words that have the same meaning
• Antonyms


  words that have opposite meanings
• E.g.


  "for example"
• I.e.


  that is, in other words
• Empathy


  ability to understand ones struglle
• Sympathy


  feeling bad for someone but with no actions
• Noun


  A person, place, thing, or idea
• Proper Noun


  a SPECIFIC person, place, thing, or idea
• Common Noun


  A general name for a person, place, or thing
• Pronoun


  A word that takes the place of a noun (I, You, He, She)
• Verb


  An action word
• Adjective


  A word that describes a noun (color, size, texture, shape)
• Adverb


  describes a verb (ends in -ly and answers the question "How")
• Conjunction


  used to connect sentence (if, but or and)
• Conjunction


  a word that connects two or more words or sentences
• Preposition


  used to state location
• Interjection


  used to express emotion
• Punctuation


  the use of marks such as commas and periods in writing
• Modifiers


  Words that describe a noun that can include adjectives, verbs and nouns themselves
• Simple Sentence


  A sentence consisting of one independent clause
• Compound Sentence


  a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions
• Complex Sentence


  dependent clause followed by an independent clause that requires comma.
• Alliteration


  repetition of the beginning sounds of words
• Assonance


  Repetition of vowel sounds
• Hyperbole


  exaggeration
• Irony


  opposite of what is expected
• Metaphor


  comparison between two unlike things
• Onomatopoeia


  A word that imitates the sound it represents.
• Oxymoron


  two contradictory terms used together
• Personification


  A figure of speech which gives human qualities to non-living things or ideas.
• Simile


  A comparison using "like" or "as"
• Synecdoche


  a figure of speech in which a part is made to represent the whole or vice versa
• Understatement


  the presentation of something as being smaller, worse, or less important than it actually is.
• Analogy


  A comparison of two different things that are similar in some way
• Phrase


  a group of words (on the bed, under the table)
• Clause


  consists of a subject and a verb
• Voice


  indicates whether the subject of the verb performs or receive the action.
• Active Voice


  DOER of the action
• Passive Voice


  RECEIVER of the action