Genre
A story that is creative and not true
Fiction
Using exaggeration for emphasis
Hyperbole
Many people celebrate holidays like Chrismas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa by giving gifts. Gifts dont need to costs a lot.
3 mistakes
Change Chrismas to Christmas
Change dont to don't
Change costs to cost
What are the 3 reasons authors write?
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
June is nown for weddings, but do you know why.
2 mistakes
Change nown to known
Change . to ?
A story that includes stanzas and sometimes rhymes
Poetry
Identify the figure of speech used:
She's always busy as a bee.
Simile
You may no the meaning of "leap year," but has you herd of the leap second.
4 mistakes
Change no to Know
Change has to have
Change herd to heard
Change . to ?
What is the author's purpose?
Ted was nervous about soccer tryouts. He practiced a lot, day and night. On the day of the tryouts, he was scared, but he did his best. Finally, he found out he made the team!
To entertain
Identify the figure of speech:
I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse.
Hyperbole
A story that is based on real people and events
Non fiction
Identify the figure of speech
Thumping and booming in excitement, my heart pounded to hear the results of the lottery.
Onomatopoeia
Born on December 10 1787, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet entered Yale university at the age of 14. He graduated three years later
3 mistakes
Add comma (,) after 10
Chang university to University
Add a period (.) after later
What is the author's purpose?
Florida is a state in the southern United States. The capital is Tallahassee, and the state bird is the mockingbird. There are many beaches in Florida.
Inform
What genre is this book?
"Diary of a wimpy kid"
Fiction
A story that has dialogue, a script, and props
Drama
When a word or phrase means something different than its literal meaning
Idiom
William Morrison and John c. Wharton invented cotton candy in 1897, but they kept it a secret intil the 1904 World’s Fair in st. Louis.
3 mistakes
Capitalize C.
Change intil to Until
Change st. to St.
What is the author's purpose?
Do you want to be an artist? Just take our Awesome Artists class and you will be a famous artist in no time!
Persuade
"You have the right to remain silent" If you like detective story, you might have red those words before.
2 mistakes
Change story to stories
change red to read
What genre is this piece of text:
"Texting can have positive effect on your emotional and physical health"
Non fiction
Identify the figure of speech used:
My father's thoughtless idea landed him in the middle of the lake without a life jacket.
Oxymoron
Earths axis is tilted, so as we orbit the Sun, the angle of the sunlight hitting our planet change’s through out the year.
3 mistakes
Change Earths to Earth's
Change change's to changes
Change through out to throughout
What is the author's purpose?
I walked home on Monday, and opened the front door as usual. All of the sudden, I heard, "Surprise!" and all my friends humped out with presents. My birthday was still a week away! Boy, was I surprised!
To entertain
What is the author's purpose?
Dear Governor Perry, I think you should send more money to my school to help us buy some new computers for our classroom. We would be able to learn more and have fun. Sincerely, Mrs. Pedrotti's Class
To persuade