Reading
What should be listed when talking about the setting in a book?
(Time and Location)
Explain the difference between independent and dependent clauses
Independent clauses can stand alone on their own and have a subject and verb
Dependent clauses canNOT stand alone on their own, but they do have a subject and verb
Identify the subject(s) in the following sentence:
After we went to the park, Sally came to my house.
We and Sally
Give an example of a simile
Any comparison using like or as
Sing the helping verb song!
:)
The theme in a story is the moral or lesson in the story that the author is trying to explain through their story
Name all the ways to create a compound sentence
Comma + Fanboy
Semicolon
Period
What is the difference between adjectives and adverbs? Write a sentence with both.
Adjectives describes nouns or pronouns
Adverbs describes verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
What type of figurative language is this?
Ali ate apple after attending art school.
Alliteration
List all of the "to be" verbs
Am, Is, Are, Was, Were, Be, Being, Been
When citing text evidence what must be included
the authors name and page number
Name the type of sentence:
After play practice, Ford and Baker walked home together.
Simple
Find the IO and the DO in the following sentence:
Mary gave Georgia a stuffed monkey for her birthday.
IO: Georgia
DO: monkey
What kind of figurative language is this?
The flames danced in night sky.
Personification
Label all parts of the sentence:
Arden, Campbell, and Henry were working hard on their project.
Subjects: Arden, Campbell, and Henry
Verbs: were working
ADV: hard
Prep phrase: on their project
This part of the plot that includes a specific event that starts the story
inciting incident
Write a complex sentence correctly
Answers will vary
Label the entire sentence:
During the concert, Raleigh was playing his trumpet loudly.
Subject: Raleigh
Verb(s): was playing
Prep Phrase: During the concert
DO: Trumpet
ADV: Loudly
What is the difference between a hyperbole and an idiom
Hyperbole is an extreme exaggeration used for emphasis (e.g., "I've told you a million times"), while an idiom is a set phrase with a figurative meaning understood by culture, which cannot be understood literally (e.g., "break a leg").
What is an infinitive verb?
The base form of a verb preceded by the word "to" (e.g., to eat, to sleep, to be) that functions as a noun, adjective, or adverb rather than the main conjugated verb
What is the most important thing to do when reading.
ANNOTATE
Write a compound complex sentence
answers will vary
Write a sentence with a direct and indirect object
answers will vary
What is imagery?
Description relating to the 5 senses
What is the name of the governors spy in A Wish in the Dark?
Yord