Figurative Language
Boom! Bang! Whoosh!
What is Onomatopoeia
My "dog" is missing
What is noun
Pear and pair are known as these
What is a homophone
Spain is roughly five times larger—about twice the size of the state of Oregon—whereas Portugal, to the west, is slightly smaller than Indiana. Correspondingly, the population of Spain is about forty-eight million people, while that of Portugal is about eleven million.
What is compare contrast
I represent a break between a series or list in a sentence. I can also represent a break between ideas.
What is a comma
I could hear the wind screaming as I tried to sleep.
What is Personification
Have you "seen" that movie?
What is verb
pronouns that emphasize, or intensify, the noun or pronoun they refer to. They can refer to any noun or pronoun in the sentence
Ex: No one else was home, so I brought in the groceries myself.
What are intensive pronouns
One way to start a fire without matches or a lighter utilizes a wooden board and a two-foot long stick. First, cut a "V"-shaped notch on the edge of the board so that the wider part of the "V" is on the outside edge. Then, beside the narrow point of this "V," make a small dent or hole with a sharp rock. Next, place the board on the ground.
What is sequential
I represent the ending in a typical sentence.
What is a period
Suzy sold some seashells she found on the seashore
What is Alliteration
Bonnie could "barely" carry the heavy box.
What is an adverb
Pronouns that refer back to the subject of the sentence or clause in which they appear. They are always objects of a verb or preposition.
Ex: Did Sarah save any of the cookies for herself?
What are reflexive pronouns
A group of students in a summer program in India recently put their minds together to propose a new and improved design for prosthetics for patients who have lost their hands. Many prosthetic, or artificial, hands are hard to fit and move, as well as tiring to use. With robotics, the students in the program succeeded in creating a soft, flexible prosthetic hand that utilizes a hinged aluminum mechanism and is easier to operate.
What is problem solution
I represent possession or a conjoined word
What is an apostrophe
"That test was murder" is a metaphor meaning this
What is the test killed me/it was extremely hard
That grass is really "green".
What is adjective
Identify what is wrong with the following sentence:
The two speakers at the conference yesterday runs a nonprofit organization focused on providing music education to students in the Jackson County School District.
What is subject-verb agreement (speakers, run).
The color of your hair depends on how much of each type of melanin, or pigment, it contains. All hair colors, from black to blond and everything in between, result from the blending of just two types of melanin: eumelanin (dark) and phaeomelanin (light). Each hair grows out of an individual follicle, or tiny tube beneath the skin's surface.
What is cause and effect
I represent dialogue or cited phrases
What are quotation marks?
"I just love spending all my money paying bills, as soon as I get paid!"
What is Irony
I found the ball "under" the bleachers.
What is preposition
This is an example of this type of sentence: After we saw a flash of lightning, we heard the rumble of thunder take over the sky.
What is a complex sentence (dependent and independent clauses)
Hurricane Katrina began as Tropical Depression Twelve over the southeastern Bahamas on August 23, 2005. The morning of Aug. 24, it strengthened into a tropical storm and names Katrina. Katrina continued to move into Florida and became a Category 1 hurricane only two hours before it made landfall.
What is chronological
Nibble is to bite as sip is to gulp.
What is an analogy