Figurative Language
Writing Titles
Perfect Tense Verbs
Sentence Types
Conjunctions/Transitions
Miscellaneous
100
My brain is running like a gerbil on a wheel.
Simile
100
Have you read the novel Wonder?
Underlined or in italics
100
What type of perfect tense verb -- past perfect, present perfect, future perfect
By the time we get finished with dinner tomorrow, we will have eaten five meals at home in a row.
Future perfect
100
Surely you can find a way to be on time.
Simple
100
Which 2 of these transitions could be used in the place of but?
Nevertheless Additionally Moreover
However Furthermore Therefore
Nevertheless, however
100
Where would you look to find synonyms and antonyms of a word?
What is a synonym? An antonym?
Thesaurus
Same meaning = synonym
Opposite meaning = antonym
200
Life without goals is a bird without wings
Metaphor
200
The movie Where the Red Fern Grows is sad.
Underlined or italics
200
What linking verbs are your clue that it's perfect tense?
Give the helping verb and the tense it matches
had -- past perfect
has/have -- present perfect
will have -- future perfect
200
If you don't know how to ride a bike by now, you probably will never learn.
Complex
200
2 parts: Which of these transitions can be used to show cause and effect? Which FANBOY could it replace?
Furthermore In addition Therefore
Therefore......so
200
Where would you look to find out the part of speech and definition of a word?
Dictionary
300
If you can't say something nice, say nothing at all.
Proverb/Adage
300
2 parts
Did you see the article in Sports Illustrated magazine about the NFL draft?
The article's title was Sanders Overlooked Over and Over.
Sports Illustrated underlined or in italics
"Sanders Overlooked Over and Over"
300
What perfect tense? past perfect, present perfect, future perfect?
Samantha has played softball since she was in second grade.
present perfect
300
I know how to ride a bike, and I do a lot of trail riding.
Compound
300
Which list includes all SWABIS (subordinating conjunctions)
and, because, for, nor, yet, under, the
since, because, although, even though, if, until
however, but, so, also, beneath, that
since, because, although, even though, if, until
300
What is the prepositional phrase and the object of the preposition in the sentence?
Jessie and her friends went to the mountains this weekend.
to the mountains
preposition is to
mountains is the object
400
Lightning danced across the sky.
Personification
400
The hottest new country song is Mine Tomorrow.
"Mine Tomorrow"
400
What perfect tense? Past perfect, present perfect, future perfect
We had ordered dessert by the time Doug arrived for dinner.
past perfect
400
Which type of sentence uses a FANBOYS (coordinating conjunction) to join two simple sentences?
What are the FANBOYS?
Compound
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
400
Which correlative conjunction pair is wrong? Correct it.
both-and either-or whether-or
neither-or not only-but also
neither-NOR
400
When the zebra yawned, Beth ran like a scared cat.
personification? simile? metaphor? hyperbole?
simile
500
Sally should have seen the silly smile I gave her.
Alliteration
500
Two parts:
Wicked is a top play on Broadway. My favorite act is Defying Gravity.
Wicked underlined or in italics
"Defying Gravity"
500
What do all three perfect verb tenses have in common?
Helping H verb + PAST TENSE MAIN VERB
500
What type of sentence has a SWABI (subordinating conjunction) and has both a dependent and an independent clause?
What is a dependent clause?
What is an independent clause?
Complex
dependent = sentence fragment
independent = complete sentence
500
Match:
To connect ideas or sentences = conjunction
Show location in time or place = preposition
To help reader move from one idea to next = Transition
500
My backpack tightened its grip around my shoulders and neck and tried to choke me as I walked to class.
simile, metaphor, personification, onomatopoeia
personification