Punctuation
What do you mean the dinosaurs are dead[]
What goes in the []?
a. ?
b. !
c. [.]
a. ?
What do you mean the dinosaurs are dead?
At the age of 24, she _____ a teacher.
a. becoming
b. became
c. become
At the age of 24, she became a teacher.
Compares two things using like or as
Simile
Define accomplishment
achieving something successfully
It starts with a capital letter, ends with a punctuation, and has a subject and predicate.
A sentence.
Ouch[]
What goes in the []?
a. [.]
b. ?
c. !
c. !
Our bicycles are old, but ____ are new.
a. they're
b. theirs
c. there
Our bicycles are old, but theirs are new.
Does NOT compare two things using like or as
Metaphor
What's the difference between bare and bear?
Bear: carry the weight; support
What do you call the writer of a poem?
A Poet
Papa made homemade cookies[]
What goes in the []?
a. ?
b. [.]
c. !
b. [.]
or
c. !
Name the nouns and adjective in the sentence.
"Mary had a little lamb."
Nouns: 'Mary' and 'lamb'
Adjective: 'little'
"She was bright like the sun."
What figurative language is this?
What does it mean?
Simile
"She had a cheerful personality and a promising future."
to prevent someone from giving full attention to something
a. distract
b. anger
c. upset
d. calm
a. distract
What do you mean __ not going? We all agreed!
a. your
b. you're
c. yore
b. you're
What do you mean you're not going? We all agreed!
Katie said, "I want to become an architect one day"
Place where the [.] belongs.
Katie said, "I want to become an architect one day[.]"
Identify the nouns and the adjectives.
"Sweet Marie took a hike on the tallest mountain in the world."
Nouns: 'Marie', 'mountain', and 'world
Adjectives: 'Sweet' and 'tallest'
"The sweater was hugging him tightly."
What figurative language is this?
What does it mean?
Personification
"The sweater was too tight for him."
"In the ______, 13+7=20, the 13 and the 7 are called the addends."
What goes in the blank?
a. equation
b. sum
c. sentence
a. equation
"In the equation, 13+7=20, the 13 and the 7 are called the addends."
"The sun kissed her skin that afternoon." is an example of...
Personification
Leo whined to his mom that he wanted candy but she persuaded him to wait until after dinner.
Place where the [,] belongs.
Leo whined to his mom that he wanted candy[,] but she persuaded him to wait until after dinner.
Arrange the words to form a sentence.
red gave baby apple a mother the her
The mother gave her baby a red apple.
"Our class is a buzzing beehive today."
What figurative language is this?
What does it mean?
Metaphor
"The class was very busy and active today."
Find the correct spelling
a. sempleton
b. simpleton
c. sinpleton
d. simpelton
b. Simpleton
"Eric was allergic to dogs, so he preferred being around cats." is an example of...
a. chronological order (first, then, finally)
b. cause and effect
c. poetry
b. cause and effect