Synonyms/Antonyms
A word that has a similar meaning to given word.
Over the hill
What are syllables?
A singular unit of sound
How would you remove the redundancy in this sentence?
The day was grey and cloudy and full of clouds.
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kettel
kettle
What is an antonym
A word that has an opposite meaning to a given word
Find the shortest independent clause in the sentence below.
Lucy walked into the magical closet.
Lucy Walked.
Find the stressed and unstressed syllables of the following word.
Certain
CERtain
What is redundant in the following sentence? How would you fix it?
The moose walked through the ash and burnt wood The forest had experienced a fire that burned a lot of trees.
Burned a lot of trees- repeating the burned concept.
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gradual
gradual
Use the sentence below to find a synonym for the bolded word.
Lila was so tired that she could hardly keep her eyes open. If only she hadn't stayed up so late last night, then she wouldn't feel so wearied!
Tired
What is a phrase?
Has a subject OR a predicate, but not both - it is a fragment of a sentence
What type of poetic meter is the phrase below? Trochee or Iambic?
The only news I know
Is bulletins all day
Iambic
What is redundant in the following sentence? How would you fix it?
The end result was the same either way.
END --> Result already implies something that comes at the end
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disgracful
disgraceful
Find the antonym of the following bolded word.
The dinner was positively exquisite, but the desert was terrible!
Terrible
What is a dependent clause?
Has a subject and predicate, but is an incomplete thought or has a subordinate conjunction (tricky word)
What is a trochaic foot? (Trochee)
Stressed Unstressed
What is redundant in the following sentence? How would you fix it?
The elephant was large in size and grey.
IN SIZE --> Large already implies we are describing size
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changeble
changeable
Find the antonym of the bolded word below.
Bea though that when she went to Aunty Anne's Astonishing Gardens she'd be surrounded by colour and life, but instead they were very plain.
Plain
What is an independent clause?
Has a subject, predicate, and complete thought
What is an iambic foot?
Unstressed stressed
What is redundancy in literature?
Unnecessary words or repetition in writing
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abreviation
abbreviation