SPELLING
Commas
Punctuation rules
GRAMMAR
Literary Devices
100
Correct the misspelled word. Pilosopoher
Philosopher
100
Where do the commas belong? The Mississippi River which is over 2300 miles long is the second-longest river in the United States.
What is The Mississippi River, which is over 2300 miles long, is the second-longest river in the United States.
100
shows possession
What is an Apostrophe.
100
Adjective
A word used to describe people, places or things.
100
“Boom” “Zip” “Rip” is an example of this.
What is Onomatopoeia
200
fill in the missing vowels: ab nd nce
What is U and A
200
Fill in the commas. Nancy read the information about commas carefully and she earned a perfect score on the practice quiz.
What is Nancy read the information about commas carefully, and she earned a perfect score on the practice quiz.
200
Periods and commas always go inside these.
What is Quotation Marks.
200
An abrupt remark, made especially as an aside or interruption.
What is an interjection
200
The presentation of material in a work in such a way that later events are prepared for. This prepares the reader or viewer for action to come.
What is Foreshadowing
300
Correct the misspelled word: Abreaviation
What is Abbreviation
300
Fill in the commas. Ralph Ripley's most popular song "Under the Pine Tree" is one of my favorites.
What is Ralph Ripley's most popular song, "Under the Pine Tree," is one of my favorites.
300
when omitting a word, phrase, line, paragraph, or more from a quoted passage you use these.
What is an Ellipses
300
Connects clauses or sentences to coordinate words in the same clause.
What is a conjunction
300
“Time is a dressmaker specializing in alterations” is an example of what?
What is Metaphor
400
Fix the misspelled word. Annhlaton
What is Annihilation
400
Fill in the commas. Her arrival on April 10 1988 was considered a turning point for the company.
What is Her arrival on April 10, 1988, was considered a turning point for the company
400
They notify the reader that two or more elements in a sentence are linked.
What is a hyphen
400
Connects a noun or pronoun, usually in-between the action.
What is a preposition
400
“Under the weather” is an example of...
What is Idiom
500
Fix the misspelled word. beligerent
What is belligerent
500
Fill in the blanks. "The question is" said Alice "whether you can make words mean so many things."
What is "The question is," said Alice, "whether you can make words mean so many things."
500
A word that can replace a period if the writer wishes to narrow the gap between two closely linked sentences.
What is a semicolon
500
SLOWLY is an example of this...
What is an Adverb
500
The repetition of the same sounds at the beginning of two or more adjacent words or stressed syllables is?
What is Alliteration
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