Grammar Galore
This grammatical feature tells when an action happens, categorized into Present, Past, Future, and Perfect.
What is verb tense?
This type of sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
This is an addition made to the beginning of a base word that fundamentally changes its meaning.
What is a prefix.
What is the theme?
Often represented by letters like ABAB or AABB, this is the pattern of end sounds in a poem.
This is a verb ending in -ing that acts like a noun in a sentence (e.g., "Swimming is fun!")
What is a gerund?
The seven-letter acronym helps you remember the coordinating conjunctions used to join compound sentences.
What is FANBOYS?
Words like "buzz", "pop", and "sizzle" that imitate the sounds they describe belong to this literary device.
What is an onomatopoeia?
The acronym P.I.E. stands for the three main reasons an author writes a text, which are these three words.
What is persuade, inform, and entertain?
A story uses this specific point of view when the narrator is a character in the story, using pronouns like "I", "me", and "we."
What is 1st person?
This is a verb ending in -ing, -ed, -en, or -t that acts as an adjective to describe a noun.
What is a participle?
This specific punctuation mark (;), is used to join two related independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
This term refers to an extreme exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally.
What is a hyperbole?
This term describes the author's specific attitude toward their subject, which is revealed through their word choice.
What is tone?
In American English grammar, this is where a period or comma goes in relation to closing quotation marks.
What is inside?
When answering the question "When?", the word "Yesterday" functions as this specific part of speech.
What is an adverb?
A sentence is written in this "voice" when the subject is actively performing the action.
What is active voice?
This device makes a direct comparison between two unlike things without ever using the words "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
While the author controls the attitude, this term describes the feeling created inside the reader by the story's imagery and setting.
What is mood?
This mischievous fairy serves as Oberon's jester in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Who is Puck?
Between "good" and "well," this is the correct word to use to complete the sentence: "She did _______ on the test."
What is well?
Adding a conjunction using a semicolon, or creating two separate sentences are all ways to fix this specific grammatical error seen in the example: "I was tired, I went to bed."
What is "so."
You are using this literary device when you give human traits, emotions, or actions to non-human things.
What is personification?
This specific non-fiction text structure is built entirely around highlighting similarities and differences between two or more subjects.
What is compare and contrast?
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, while Athens represents order and rules, the forest setting represents these contrasting ideas.
What is magic, chaos, and confusion?