Language Features
This language feature compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
This is Miss Tompsett's favourite colour.
What is purple?
In writing, this type of sentence error occurs when two independent clauses are joined without proper punctuation or a conjunction.
What is a run on sentence?
This fruit, known for its potassium, is technically classified as a berry.
What is a banana?
An extreme exaggeration used for emphasis, such as "I’m so hungry I could eat a horse," is called this.
What is a hyperbole?
This is a popular video game Miss Tompsett often plays
What is Fortnite?
This is the process of checking a written text for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors before submission.
What is proofreading?
This natural phenomenon is five times hotter than the surface of the sun.
What is lightening?
This feature gives human qualities to non-human objects or ideas.
What is personification?
These are the subjects that Miss Tompsett has taught at HVHS
What are English, Te Awakairangi, and Social Studies?
This error occurs when a sentence is missing a subject, a verb, or does not express a complete thought.
What is a sentence fragment?
This aquatic creature has three hearts and blue blood.
What is an octopus?
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of words in a phrase is called this.
What is alliteration?
This is the month that Miss Tompsett was born in
What is May?
These two little marks are used around a direct quotation in writing.
What are quotation marks?
This animal's fingerprints are so similar to humans that they can confuse crime scene investigators.
What is a koala?
This type of language appeals to the five senses to create vivid mental images.
What is imagery?
Miss Tompsett has been teaching at HVHS for this amount of time
What is three years?
This is the term for two words combined with an apostrophe to form one word, like "you’re" or "it’s."
What is a contraction?
This metallic element in your body is enough to forge a nail about 3 inches long.
What is iron?