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(figurative language)
(figurative language)
Zing! Boom! and Wham! are examples of these.
What are onomatopoeias?
This part of speech always begins a prepositional phrase.
What is a preposition?
The job of a pronoun.
What is replace a noun in a sentence?
Name all of the common nouns in this sentence.
I went to the store and bought milk and bread for the upcoming storm.
What are store, milk, bread, and storm?
The job of possessive nouns.
What is to show ownership of something?
The only difference between metaphors and similes.
What are the words like and as?
This always ends a prepositional phrase.
What is an object?
Or
What is a noun or pronoun?
Identify the pronouns in the following sentence.
She and I surprised our mom with a huge birthday cake!
What is three?
She, I, and our
What is common nouns are a person, place and thing and proper nouns are special names of people places and things?
Find the mistake in this sentence.
Erins' dog ate the childrens' birthday cake's.
"Silly Sally slipped on a slice of salami" is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is alliteration?
"We walked up to the creek." contains a prepositional phrase. Identify whether the phrase is an adjective or adverb.
What is an adverb?
Finish the sentence.
They gave the tickets to my brother and _____.
What is "me"?
Find the mistakes in this sentence.
Mrs. bomberger was really excited about spending christmas break with her Kids'!
What are capitalize Bomberger and Christmas, change capital "K" to lowercase and remove the apostrophe?
A tv show, movie, or book that contains a possessive noun in the title.
What is ?
Answers will vary, teacher determines if answer is correct.
I graded a 1,000 papers this weekend is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is a hyperbole?
"The puppy with the blue eyes was barking at me." contains a prepositional phrase. Identify whether the phrase is an adjective or adverb.
What is an adjective?
They brought home a puppy. They is an example of this kind of pronoun.
What is a subjective pronoun?
Turn this common noun into a proper noun.
My sneakers are awesome!
What are my NIKES shoes?
(Or any other sneaker brand)
The collars belonging to the puppies in possessive form.
What are the puppies' collars?
The caffeine raced to my brain, causing me to wake up and rush through my work. This is an example of this kind of figurative language.
What is personification?
Count the number of prepositions in this sentence.
Over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house we go.
What is three?
Over the river
through the woods
to grandmother's house
Laura, herself created the lesson plans for the next two weeks. Herself is an example of this type of pronoun.
What is an intensive pronoun?
Write a grammatically correct sentence that includes two common and two proper nouns.
What is ...?
Answers will vary, teacher determines if answer is correct.
Fix the mistakes in the following sentence.
The colorful flags decorated the great hall.
What are no mistakes?