Choose the Verb
Figurative Language
Commas
Totally Random 1!
Totally Random2 !
100
He (set/sat) the book on the table.
What is set?
100

When you compare to unlike things using the words like or as.

What is Simile

100

Where should the comma(s) be?

We went to the store and we bought some milk.

What is WE WENT TO THE STORE, AND WE BOUGHT SOME MILK?

100

Restate the following sentence as if you were to answer it.

Why is Walter Lee so frustrated with Ruth at the beginning of the story?

Walter Lee is frustrated with Ruth at the beginning of the story because.....


Teachers May Accept Other Answers.

100

What does R,A,C,E stand for in the RACE strategy?

What is 

R-Restate
A-Answer the Question
C- Cite Evidence
E-Explain

200
The smoke raised/rose over the mountains.
What is rose?
200

Giving an object or an animal human traits.

What is personification.

200
Where should the comma(s) be? Today is March 10 2009
What is MARCH 10, 2009?
200

What is the number one thing Walter wants from mama and Why?

He wants to take the insurance check so he can "invest" it.

Teachers may accept other answers.

200

What is the strategy for an ECR?

What is RACE+CE

300
Please (lie/lay) the sweater on the couch.
What is lay?
300

He is a couch potato.

What is Metaphor

300

Where should the comma(s) be in the following sentence?

Although I studied all night I wasn't ready for the test.

What is ALTHOUGH I STUDIED ALL NIGHT, I WASN'T READY FOR THE TEST?

300

How has the Cultural Revolution changed Ji-Li throughout the story?

The Cultural Revolution has changed Ji-Li throughout the story by....

Teachers may accept other answers.

300
Name two Evidence Starters.

(An evidence starter is what you can use to introduce evidence in your writing.)

ANSWERS MAY VARY

Ex: "According to the text",
"In the text it states" etc.

400
She needed to (sit/set) the table before the guests could (sit/set) down.
What is set and sit?
400

Peter Piper Picked a Pickled Pepper

What is Alliteration.

400

Where should the comma(s) be in the following sentence?

My brother who is six feet tall likes to play basketball.

What is MY BROTHER, WHO IS SIX FEET TALL, LIKES TO PLAY BASKETBALL?

400

How many Points is your ECR Worth total?

5

400

What are FANBOYS?

For, An, Nor, But, Or, yet, so
500
The paintbrush is (lying/laying) by your pastel chalks.
What is lying?
500

The trees danced in the wind

What is Personification.

500

Where should the comma(s) be in the following sentence?

We bought bananas apples oranges and limes.

What is WE BOUGHT BANANAS, APPLES, ORANGES, AND LIMES?

500

Name 4 characters from "A Raisin in the Sun."

Mama
Walter
Ruth
Travis
Benethea

Teachers may accept other characters!

500

What type of sentence is the following?

After the students finish the test, they may sleep, or they may read a book.

A. Simple
B. Compound
C. Compound, Complex

What is compound-complex?

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