figurative language
Giving a nonhuman human characteristics
What is personification?
This part of speech describes a noun.
What is an Adjective?
Identify the sentence type:
I wanted to go outside, but it started raining.
What is a compound sentence?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
How many paragraphs should be in an argumentative essay?
What is six?
a direct comparison of two different things
What is metaphor
The students were excited about the upcoming field trip.
Which word is the adjective?
What is excited?
A sentence with one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
The desert was arid, with little rainfall and dry, cracked.
What does arid most likely mean?
What is very dry? ?
Facts, statistics, or examples used to support a claim.
What is evidence?
We walked slowly through the museum.
What is "walked" in this sentence?
What is an adverb?
Identify the sentence type:
Because the test was difficult, many students studied longer, and they asked for extra help.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
What does the root port mean in words like transport and portable?
What is to carry?
This is the punctuation mark used to show ownership.
What is an apostrophe?
Several students forgot their homework yesterday.
What is several in this sentence?
What is an adjective?
When the bell rang, the students packed up their things.
What is a complex sentence?
If you wanted to replace the word happy with a stronger or more precise word, which reference tool would you use?
What is a thesaurus?
What does A,T,T stand for?
What is author, title, text?
Each player wore a bright red jersey during the final game.
đŸ‘‰ Identify all adjectives.
What is Each, bright, red, final?
Identify the sentence type:
She likes to read and write in her journal every night.
What is a simple sentence?
Read the sentence:
The scientist’s explanation was so ambiguous that the students were unsure how to complete the experiment.
Using context, what does ambiguous most likely mean?
What is confusing or unclear?
Name all the FANBOYS
What is For, And, Nor, Or, But, Yet, So