Vocab
Which of the following words means nervous: colossal, apprehensive, delighted, blaring
apprehensive
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers is an example of...
What is alliteration
What kind of punctuation do you need for dialogue?
" " Quotation Marks
Correct the spelling...
Febuary
February
Name 4 types of genres of books/stories
Fiction
Nonfiction
Realistic Fiction
Science Fiction
Historical Fiction
Dystopian
Fairytale
Folklore
Poetry
Mythology
define simile
What is comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
WHAT IS A METAPHOR
direct comparison of things without using like or as
"Ouch! "Boom!" "Pow!" are all examples of what?
onomatopoeia
correct the spelling...
persavere
persevere
What is the complete subject of this sentence:
My sister and I took turns looking out the window.
My sister and I
Which of the following words means to pay:
trade, clamorous, bawl, compensate
compensate
what point of view would an author use to talk directly to the audience
What is second person point of view
What is the first sentence of a paragraph called?
Hint: What is the first sentence in our LATs and RSTs called on our outlines?
What is a topic sentence?
fix the error...
I told them to wash there hands.
their
Give a sentence with personification being correctly used
*varies*
what is a synonym for persuade
What is any word that means getting someone to do something
Fix the sentence...
Me and Ericka are going to canada next weekend.
Canada (proper nouns are capitalized)
Ericka and I are going to Canada next weekend.
Fix the error...
The water spilling over was the affect of the children horse-playing.
effect
When writing a story what do we call it when we reach the top of the mountain?
What is the climax or turning point
Define retrieve.
to go and get something
Identify the 3 adjectives in this sentence:
The path behind the abandoned barn is overgrown, but it is the quickest way to get to the meadow.
What is abandoned, overgrown, quickest
What is the correct spelling of exaust?
exhaust
cheerful, booming, and microscopic are examples of what part of speech
What are adjectives