Objects/Subjects
Identify whether the italicized noun is a subject or an object: "The dog chased the ball across the yard."
Subject is "The dog." Object is "the ball." (Subject performs action; object receives it.)
"The wind whispered through the trees."
What is personification?
What does the "C" stand for in CRAAP and what question should a student ask to check it?
"C" = Currency. Question: "When was this published or last updated?"
A three-line poem with a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
What is a Haiku?
Change the demonstrative adjective in the sentence to point to something plural: "That book is mine."
"Those books are mine."
Name the subject complement in this sentence: "My favorite food is pizza."
Subject complement: "pizza" (completes linking verb phrase "is pizza").
"The forgotten homework sat in his backpack like a ticking time bomb"
What is a simile?
How you check if a website is credible?
What is Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy, and Purpose
A poem that follows a five-line pattern with an AABBA rhyme scheme and a humorous tone.
What is a limerick?
Identify the interrogative adjective in the sentence: "Which route will we take to the museum?"
Interrogative adjective: "Which" (modifies "route").
Identify the object complement: "They elected Maria president of the club."
Object complement: "president" (renames or describes the object "Maria" after "elected").
What is comparing two things by saying one is the other OR comparing two things not using like or as
Explain one quick way to check an author's authority for an online article about historical events.
Check the author's credentials (degrees, institutional affiliation) and look for citations to reputable sources.
A poem in which the first letters of each line spell a word vertically.
Acrostic
Choose the correct comparative adjective to complete the sentence: "This puzzle is (harder / more hard) than the last one."
Comparative: "harder" is correct
Rewrite the sentence so the noun functions as the subject rather than the object: "The teacher praised the student for her project."
Example: "The student received praise from the teacher for her project." (Now "The student" = subject.)
Identify the figure of speech and explain what it means: "Time is a thief that steals our days.
What is a Metaphor; effect: compares abstract time to a thief to emphasize loss and urgency.
A student finds a webpage last updated in 2003 about a health topic. Which CRAAP factor is most concerning and why?
Currency is most concerning because health information can change; a 2003 update is likely outdated
Type of poem that is typically told like a story and may have characters and a plot?
What is a narrative?
Label the parts of speech for each italicized word and identify whether possessive nouns are formed correctly: "Jordan's idea seemed better than hers."
"Jordan's" = possessive noun (shows ownership), "idea" = noun, "seemed" = linking verb, "better" = comparative adjective, "hers" = possessive pronoun (correct form).
Label the subject, subject complement and appositive "The winner of the spelling bee was Janelle, a sixth-grade student."
Subject: "The winner of the spelling bee"
Subject complement: "Janelle"
Appositive "a sixth-grade student" renames Janelle
Give the name and explain the difference between hyperbole and understatement, then provide an example of each.
Hyperbole = exaggerated statement for effect (example: "I've told you a million times"); Understatement = downplaying (example: "It rained a bit" during a flood).
A website about healthy eating was written by a candy company trying to sell its products. In the C.R.A.A.P. test, which category should make you question the website most?
What is purpose?
Unlike a limerick, this type of poem usually does not rhyme and is traditionally inspired by nature or a single moment in time
What is a haiku?
This type of verb does not follow the usual rule of adding ‘-ed’ to form the past tense, so its past form must be memorized.
What are irregular verbs?