Conventions
What is the DIRECT OBJECT in the following sentence:
The architect designed the company a building?
What is building?
What is the meaning of the prefix "de-"?
Down, away, remove:
dethrone, declutter, decapitate
Which pronoun case would you use in the following sentence (subjective or objective)
Can you come to the game with Sheila and (I, me)?
What is objective case (me)?
What are three different hooks that you can use for a narrative writing piece?
What is dialogue lead, description lead, action lead, sound effect lead?
What is the INDIRECT OBJECT in the following sentence:
My grandpa built my sister a dollhouse for Christmas.
What is sister?
What is the meaning of the suffix "-ous"?
What is full of?
Wondrous, humorous, dangerous
What is touch?
What does an argumentative essay have that an explanatory essay does not?
What is a rebuttal?
The type of irony where the audience knows something the characters do not
What is dramatic irony?
What is the correct punctuation/capitalization in the following sentence (re-write it):
"how would i know that answer? It wasn't on the study guide. Sarah explained calmly to her teacher."
What is:
"How would I know that answer? It wasn't on the study guide," Sarah explained calmly to her teacher.
What is the meaning of the root "capt"?
What is to take or seize?
Captivate
A watched pot never boils over.
What is participle, functioning as an adjective.
Explain the difference in tone or purpose between an explanatory essay and an argumentative essay.
What is an explanatory essays take on an objective tone, their purpose is to explain. An argumentative essays purpose is to persuade and the tone can be more aggressive.
Sylvia sent you a letter about the party.
What is party?
What is the meaning of the root "fact"?
What is to do or make?
Factory
The underlined word is a ______ functioning as a ______.
My favorite hobby, running, is great for mental and physical health.
What is a gerund functioning as an appositive?
Follows a linking verb and answers the question what/and renames the subject.
Provide an example.
What is a predicate nominative?
My favorite hobby is swimming.
What is the indirect object in the following sentence:
My mom is giving me a car for my birthday.
What is me?
What is the meaning of the prefix "intra-"
What is within?
Intrastate, intramural
It was (they, them) who made the posters.
What are three functions of a gerund?
What is:
Subject, direct object, indirect object, object of a prep, predicate nominative, appositive, subject complement, object of a prep.
A police officer is arrested.
What is this type of irony?
What is situational irony?