Active vs. Passive
Active or Progressive:Does the mail carrier deliver letters?
Active:Yes, the mail carrier delivers letters.
Who is the speaker of the poem?
The speaker is the voice telling the poem
Sarah told Emily that she would help her with her homework. Who is helping whom?
the person help is Emily and
Emily is helping sarah
What type of figurative language is used in the phrase "My father was the sun and the moon to me"?
Metaphor
What part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea
A noun (e.g., house, jury, determination)
Active vs. Progressive: Who is writing the report?
Active: She is writing the report
What is the main theme of the poem?
The central idea or message, often a universal truth about human nature, love, or life
In college, they require students to take math
who is they
Colleges require students to take math
they is colleges
What is being described by the phrase "The rain seemed like an old friend who had finally found us"?
Simile
What part of speech takes the place of a noun
A pronoun (e.g., he, she, they)
Active or Progressive: Is the mail being delivered?
Progressive: yes, the mail is being delivered now.
Who is the audience of the poem?
The person or group the speaker is addressing/ reading the poem or listening to the poem
In the editorial, they said the commissioner was a crook. (Who is "they"?)
they is the people taking about the commissioner
identify the device in the sentence "Mr. Z groaned as he got up from the floor."
Onomatopoeia
In the sentence, "She has been sick for three days," what part of speech is "She"
A pronoun
Active vs. Progressive: Did the man pick up the litter
Active: Yes, the man picked up the litter.
what does it mean "tone of a poem"?
The writer's attitude toward the subject, conveyed through diction and word choice
correct the revision: The boat bumped the dock, but it didn't need repairs
what would it be
The boat bumped the dock, but the boat didn't need repairs
What type of language is "I am 12 years old"
Literal Language
What part of speech joins words, phrases, or clauses
A conjunction (e.g., and, but, or)
Active vs. Progressive: Is the litter being picked up
Active vs. Progressive: Yes, it is being picked up now
What is the mood of the poem?
the atmosphere or overall feeling created for the reader somber, joyful, anxious
correct the revision:Lisa and Kim landed, and she breathed a sigh of relief
what does she mean
Lisa breathed a sigh of relief when she and Kim landed
she is lisa
What figure of speech is "She was so hungry she could eat a horse"?
Hyperbole
What part of speech is an exclamatory word not grammatically related to the rest of the sentence
An interjection (e.g., Wow, Ouch)