point of view
parts of speech
figurative language
genres
punctuation
100
...with a walk into his closet, his thoughts took him down a lonesome desert road, far, far away in Old Mexico...


What point of view is this passage told from?

What is third person?
100
The dog ran down the street and chased the car. 


 What are the verbs in the sentence?

What are chased and ran?
100
His fur shined as black as night. 


 What is this an example of?

What is a simile? remember that a simile uses like or as to compare two things
100
The I Survived...books are examples of what genre? 


What is historical fiction? 
100
Punctuate this sentence:


Why isnt Toms cat eating very much

What is...


Why isn't Tom's cat eating very much?

200
I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York.


 What point of view is this written from?

What is the first person?
200
What are the nouns in the following sentence? 


 Rex fell out the window.

What are Rex and Window?
200
I've been working like a dog. 


 What type of figurative language is this an example of?

What is a simile?
200

My phone has tons of gadgets,

A hundred-fifty rings,

Can store a thousand numbers

And other nifty things.

What is this passage an example of?

What is poetry or a poem? remember that not all poems rhyme but a lot of them do
200
Punctuate this sentence:


Mrs Balzotti said Please take out your science notebooks

What is...


Mrs. Balzotti said, "Please take out your science notebooks."

300
If someone says "hello" to me, I suddenly feel so shy. Instead of waving back at them, I hide my face and walk on by.


 What point of view is this passage written from?

What is the first person?
300
What are the adverbs in this sentence?


Yesterday, she ran quickly to get a swing at recess.

What are yesterday and quickly?
300
The cat was a shadow when it stalked its prey.


What type of figurative language is used?

What is a metaphor remember that metaphors compare things but do not use like or as
300
Our science and social studies textbooks are good examples of what genre? 
What is nonfiction/informational?
300
Punctuate this sentence:


I love to rockclimb hike and swim when we go to the lake

What is...


I love to rock climb, hike, and swim when we go to the lake.

400
If his friends wanted to go fishing, P.J. wanted to go swimming. No matter what his friends wanted to do, P.J. always had to have his own way. 


What point of view is this passage written from?

What is the third person?
400
The pink dress floated lazily on the old clothesline.


 What are the adjectives in the sentence?

What are pink and old?
400
When it was his turn to bat, he felt like he had butterflies in his stomach. 


 What type of figurative language is this an example of?

What is an idiom?
400
A baseball player writes a non fiction book about himself. 


What would this be an example of? 

What is an autobiography?
400
Punctuate this sentence:


Youre grounded shouted mom

What is....


"You're grounded!" shouted mom.

500
Early the next morning, Betsy packed her lunch pail with two helpings of Mom's pies. Then she led the sheep up Rosenrise. 


What is the point of view? 

What is the third person?
500
What are the conjunctions in this sentence?


Tom and Pat couldn't decide whether to go to the mall or the movies.

What are and and or?
500
She sells seashells by the seashore.


What type of figurative language is this?

What is alliteration?
500
The Who Was....books are examples of what genre?
What is biography?
500
Punctuate this sentence:


Davids brother cant eat peanuts eggs shellfish or sesame seeds

What is ...


David's brother can't eat peanuts, eggs, shellfish, or sesame seeds.

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