The farmer milked a cow
What is the farmer?
Subject
The students were eaten by students.
Passive
(were eaten)
The memory of the loss will be put behind the team
The team put the loss out of their memory.
A play on words that are identical or similar in sound but have sharply different meanings.
Pun
Is this a sentence:
With all of his might, huff, huff, huff and with great effort.
No- Fragment
Joel built a s'more
What is s'more?
Direct Object or D.O.
The dinosaur is on the loose.
Active
(is)
The field trip to Disney World was being requested by the student body.
The student body requested a field trip to Disney World.
A figure of speech in which living qualities are attributed to an object or idea.
Personification
Is this a run on:
I want to speak to you, and I do not want to hear you complain one bit!
No. It is a complete sentence
The toddler ate candy
What is ate?
Verb
The play, Hamlet, is going to be played by the student in the back rows.
Passive
is going- passive
is-active
The fountains were viewed by the tourists.
The tourists viewed the fountains.
The contrast between what the audience knows and what the characters know.
Dramatic irony
What is wrong with this sentence
Bells whistles and a toy are fun stocking stuffers this christmas.
No commas
and Christmas is not capitalized.
The boy and girl milked a cow.
what are the subject(s)
Boy Girl
The novel was read by the book worms.
Was read- passive
The science center was going to be visited by the students.
The students were going to view the science center.
A writer hints or clues indicate events that will occur later in a narrative.
foreshadowing
When you are done playing with you game and doing the dishes
Is this a sentence, run on, or fragment?
Fragment
Moe, Larry, and Curly made a mess.
How many D.O. do you have?
One
I gave everyone a zero for interrupting in class.
Active (one word)
The revival was going to be remembered by the church.
The church remembered the revival.
A reference to another literary text or historical event.
Allusion
Johnny American robbed a bank, but he was not as smart as thought, he was captured by the smart sheriff.
Sentence, Run On, Fragment?
Run ON.