commas & punctuation
George I wish you would help me clean my room.
George, I wish you would help me clean my room.
What is a metaphor?
He is the apple of my eye.
The children danced to the music with merry JUBILATION. What does JUBILATION mean?
delight
The prefix re- means
again
____________ a wonderful class!
You're
Coach Ditka my dad will be given an award tonight.
Coach Ditka, my dad, will be given an award tonight.
What is a simile?
She was as brave as a lion.
Mary only wanted to help, but unfortunately, her speech had the opposite effect on ESCALATED the argument. What does ESCALATED mean?
To ESCALATE something means to make it worse. So, to have ESCALATED the argument means to have made the argument worse.
The suffix -y means
full of
____________ sitting at ________ desk...good job! (Your, You're)
You're, Your
My birthday is on January 30th 1986.
My birthday is on January 30th, 1986.
What is onomatopoeia?
Zing, went the violin strings.
The principal DICTATED that all students would be required to follow the school dress code. What word would be a synonym for DICTATED?
commanded
The suffix -ed means
in the past, already happened
Can I have _________ burgers for dinner?
Two
My cat is fat ugly and smelly.
My cat is fat, ugly(,) and smelly.
What is hyperbole
I am so tired I could sleep for a year.
After Lily left home for college, her dad tried to sell the computer games she had played when she was little. However, he soon discovered they were OBSOLETE. The word OBSOLETE means
out of date
The prefix un- means
not
I want to go over ______________.
There
Dear Mom
Dear Mom,
What is alliteration?
Karl Kessler kept the ketchup in the kitchen.
Julia wasn't sure exactly what time they would arrive, but she thought the APPROXIMATE time would be around 5:00. What does APPROXIMATE mean?
estimated Clues --- wasn't sure exactly, thought, around
The suffix -ing means
happening right now
Mrs. Rosencrants is walking in. I better get ________ work.
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