Prepositions
ELA Brain Dump
Parts of speech
Punctuation
Rando stuff
100

Which word is a preposition?

They

Have done

underneath 

underneath

100
a simile is 

something that compares 2 things using "like" or "as"

100

This part of speech is a person, place, thing, or idea

noun 

100

The word(s) that need capitalization in the following sentence would be.. 

tony loves to eat dinner at alex's house on wednesday nights. 

Tony, Alex, Wednesday 

100

what is the difference between non fiction and fiction?

fiction =fake

nonfiction= real 

200

What is the preposition in the following sentence? 

She ran into the pond. 

Into

200

A metaphor is 

compares to things WITHOUT using "like" or "as", we also might say "name calling". 

200
This part of speech is an ACTION WORD

verb

200

What should be capitalized in the following sentence?

going to florida is best in september when the weather is not so hot. 

Going, Florida, September

200

what does it mean to 'paraphrase'?

to put it into your own words

300

Name the prepositions in the following sentence. 

We walked down the hallway behind the gym. 

down, behind

300

The following is the formula for writing which type of essay

ESCAPE

Narrative Writing! 

*Establish characters setting action problem ending

300
What are the adjectives in the following sentence. 


Mary ran down the stairs holding a purple notebook and broken pencil. 

purple, broken 

300

When listing a series in a sentence, this punctuation is needed. 



commas! 

300

explain the difference between compare and contrast

compare=looking at the similarities

contrast= looking at the differences 

400

Name the prepositions in the following sentence. 

The cat jumped on the table, then scurried down the hallway, into the kitchen, behind the refrigerator.


on, down, into, behind

400

The following formula is for which type of essay- narrative, informational, or opinion? 


HIT to SEEC

Informational Writing! 

400

What is the verb in the following sentence. 

Dark clouds slowly gathered overhead. 

gathered

400

What is text evidence and how is it written and punctuated. 

3 major things.. 

1.text evidence is evidence you get from a resource, 

2. it has quotation marks at the beginning and end of the words. 

3. It must be written exactly as it is in the source. 

400

text structure that puts things in order is called.. 

chronological order or sequential order 

500

What are the PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES in the following sentence?

The crowd cheered loudly during the game, their voices carried through the gym. 

during the game 

through the gym 

500

Name the essay AND what component the letter "R" stands for in the essay? 


HIO-REEO

Opinion writing, REASONS

500

This part of speech describes a verb 

Adverb

500

What is wrong with the following sentence?

what time is lunch mom asked 

capitalize W, question mark, quotations around "What time is lunch", period needed at the end. 
500

What is THEME?

The moral or lesson learned from the story. 

M
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