Grammar
What do you do to proper nouns? Give me an example.
You capitalize them.
Ex.: Ms. Vincent, Virginia Tech, McDonald's
"I'm as tough as the crust of the Earth is." This is an example of ______?
What is a simile?
The person who writes a poem
What is a poet?
Sally and I went downtown for the farmer's market.
Does this sentence have a simple or compound subject?
What is compound?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
Complex sentence = _____ clause + _______ clause
What is "independent" + "dependent"?
The first paragraph in an essay is also referred to as this.
What is an intruction/introduction paragraph?
"Weathering willow whispers wild."
What literary device is this?
What is alliteration?
What is the predicate in this sentence?
Ms. Vincent has the coziest classroom.
What is "has"?
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun. Example: gentle, helpful, small
What is Adjective?
. , ; : "" Are all examples of this.
What is punctuation?
"His heart was broken." This is an example of ___?
What is a metaphor?
What is an Antagonist?
What is a 'bad guy' or a 'villain'
SURPRISE! Random Ms. Vincent trivia!
This is the amount of turtles Ms. Vincent has.
What is 6?
Bonus points if you can name at least 2.
This is the definition of an adverb.
A word that describes a verb.
Ex: She ran quickly.
What does a semicolon do? (Hint: What types of clauses can it combine?)
Combines two independent clauses.
It's raining cats and dogs.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is an Idiom
When a narrator uses "I, Me," it is written in this perspective
What is First Person
What is the subject of this sentence?
Sleeping soundly on the rug, the cat was curled into a little ball.
What is "the cat"?
What is the verb in this sentence?
My mom and dad drive to the city together to work every day
"drive"
How do I correct this sentence
The food was dry, the cook was so bad.
Change the comma to a semicolon or a period OR add a conjunction after the comma.
This is the amount of words in the English language. Give me a rough estimate.
What is around 1 million?
Romeo and Juilette is an example of this form of media.
What is a play?
What kind of subject AND predicate does this sentence have: simple or compound?
Rebecca and her dog crossed the street and ran to the park to play with a frisbee.
What is both compound subject and predicate?
What part of speech is "anywhere a mouse can go?"
Give an example as well.
What is a preposition?
Ex: over, through, under, in