Sentence Structure
What is a prepositional phrase?
A phrase that is a dependent clause that tells where the subject is are or when the verb happened.
What is the difference between fiction and nonfiction?
Fiction is a made up story, and Nonfiction is real.
What are the 3 types of end punctuation used for sentences.
Period, Exclamation Point, and Question Mark.
What is figurative language?
Something that is not meant to be taken literally.
What needs to be changed in the following sentence to make it parallel? Dad told me that I should study a lot, that I should not eat fast food, and to maintain a strict routine before the exam.
To maintain a strict routine before the exam.
What are the 4 types of sentence structures?
Simple, Compound, Complex, and Compound Complex
What are the parts of a plot?
Exposition, Inciting Event, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, and Resolution
What is the semicolon (;) used for?
To separate two independent clauses.
What the difference between simile and metaphor?
What word is being modified in the sentence? A popular destination for cruise ships, Key West attracts many tourists.
Key West
What is a incomplete thought called?
Sentence Fragment or Dependent Clause
What is it called when characters in a work are having a conversation?
Dialogue
What is the colon (:) used for?
To introduce a list or quote. It is also used in telling time and scriptures.
What is the following an example of: The book hit the desk with a loud thump that scared the students.
Onomatopoeia
What type of incorrect modifier is in the sentence? I smelled oysters coming down the stair for dinner.
Misplaced Modifier
What are the parts of a complete sentence?
Subject and Predicate (Verb and Object)
What is the overall message of a story called?
Theme
What punctuation does the following sentence need: Tyler ran for over 3 miles and he still had energy to play football
Comma after miles and period after football.
What is the following an example of: Her snapchat story went on for days!
Hyperbole
How does this sentence need to be changed to be parallel? I am napping, to eat, and swimming on my day off.
To eat needs to be changed to "eating".
What type of sentence is the following example: After school today, Macy and Hannah will go to the mall, and they will shop for a prom dress.
Compound-Complex
What is the difference between tone and mood?
Tone is how the author talks about the subject, and mood is how the reader feels.
Where does this sentence need punctuation? Chandler helped his son into the bus however he stumbled when he tried to get inside
Semicolon after bus, comma after however, and a period at the end.
What is a phrase whose literal meaning is different from the implied meaning? It's common phrases such as "Every Cloud has a Silver Lining".
Idiom
What type of incorrect modifier is used in the sentence? Having lost the job, the house had to be sold.
Dangling Modifier