Figurative Language
A comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
My wallet shuddered as I went to pay for my expensive meal.
What is personification?
This punctuation mark joins two independent clauses without using a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
Because the storm caused a massive power outage across the city.
What is a sentence fragment?
The students forgot to bring there permission slips for the field trip.
What is their?
Multiple words in close proximity to one another that have the same consonant sound in either the beginning, middle or end of the word.
When I expect a doctor to help me, but the treatment they prescribe makes me more sick.
What is situational irony?
A grammatical error where two independent clauses are joined with only a comma.
What is a comma splice?
She loves to read books, he prefers to watch movies.
What is a comma splice?
Don't forget to pick up you're exam passes today.
What is your?
An expression that is used as a softer way to say blunt, harsh, or unpleasant things.
What is a euphemism?
You treat me with such cruel kindness.
What is an oxymoron?
A sentence error that lacks a subject, a verb, or a complete thought.
What is a sentence fragment?
That series, The Lord Of The Rings, is great!
What is a capitalization error?
I do not know weather this will be a beneficial opportunity for me or not.
What is whether?
A reference to a well-known person, place, event, or literary work.
What is an allusion?
My phone battery always runs out in seconds.
What is a hyperbole?
The reason why a person changes the word "gonna" into "going to".
What is "to make the tone of the writing sound more formal"?
The bell rang, and the students rush out into the hallway.
What is inconsistent verb tenses?
The cold weather will seriously effect the growth of the young plants.
What is affect?
The definition of pun.
What is using a word (usually humorously) in a way that suggests two or more of its meanings or the meaning of another word similar in sound?
You have created a cruel reason for doing this.
What is alliteration?
The conjunction category used in the acronym FANBOYS.
What are coordinating conjunctions?
The pack of wolves were howling at the moon all night long.
What is a subject-verb agreement error?
Studying for the final exam is more important then playing video games tonight. In fact, studying everyday plays apart in your overall academic success.
What are than, every day, and a part?