Figurative Language
Identify the figurative language: "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"
What is hyperbole?
Identify the independent clause: "Where was the ice cream that was in the freezer?"
What is "that was in the freezer?"
What nouns should be capitalized?
What is a proper noun? (Aka person, specific place and things, etc).
Fill in the type of punctuation: "I'm so excited to go to the mall_"
What is an exclamation mark/point?
What does pamper mean?
Indulge with every attention, comfort, and kindness; spoil.
Identify the figurative language: "The plane roared angrily as it took off."
What is personification?
Identify the sentence type: "My aunt enjoyed taking the hayride with you."
What is a simple sentence?
Correct the sentence errors: "Judith and i went to eat at Cafe lorraine."
"Judith and [I] went to eat at Cafe [L]orraine."
Fill in the type of punctuation: "Cats __ like humans __ can have allergies."
What is a comma?
What does abolish mean?
To put an end to (a system, practice, or institution).
Identify the figurative language: "The sneaky sly snake slithered up to the mouse."
What is alliteration?
Identify the independent clause: "Jane ate pasta because he was hungry."
What is "Jane ate pasta?"
Correct the capitalization errors: "The first time I went swimming was in Spring, at the east coast Beach."
"The first time I went swimming was in [s]pring, at the [E]ast coast [b]each."
Which is correct?
1. ).
2. .)
It's ).!
What does ajar mean?
(Of a door or other opening) slightly open.
Identify the figurative language: "The dog barked loudly."
What is an onomatopoeia?
Identify the sentence type: "This new laptop computer, which I bought yesterday, has already crashed twice; however, I have no idea why."
Should CFO be capitalized? (Chief Financial Officer or chief financial officer)?
What is chief financial officer?
Fill in the punctuation: "The cordless vacuum __ one of the least interesting of the household appliances __ got its start as a moon drill."
What is an (em)dash?
What does capsize mean?
(Of a boat) overturn in the water.
Identify the figurative language: "Some people call me the Tiger Woods of mini golf."
What is an allusion?
Identify the sentence type: "After Mary added up all the sales, she discovered that the lemonade stand was 32 cents short."
What is a complex sentence?
Nope!
Fill in the punctuation: "Poorly named animals include: the flying fox, which is really a bat__ the electric eel, which is really a knifefish__ and the honey badger, which is the only member of its genus and species!"
What is a semicolon?
What does insinuate mean?
Suggest or hint (something bad or reprehensible) in an indirect and unpleasant way.