Turkey, Turkey, Turkey!
Delicate, colorful French sandwich cookies made of two meringue-based shells with a sweet filling like ganache, buttercream, or jam
What is a macaron?
Figurative Language: A play on words you can use to achieve a humorous effect in speech or writing.
What is a pun?
When quoting, you must include this after the quote.
What is a citation?
Prepositions in: “The dog slept beside the couch during the storm.”
What is 'beside' 'during'
Identify the capitalized part: “BECAUSE IT WAS RAINING, we stayed inside.”
What is a dependent clause?
A sweet dessert featuring a spiced, creamy orange colored-custard filling baked in a pastry crust
What is pumpkin pie?
This is the place the Pilgrims first landed on the North America shores.
What is Princetown, Massachusetts?
The title of the first sentence of the introduction paragraph.
What is a hook?
Comma rule needed: “Before leaving for school I grabbed my backpack.”
What is commas after introductory elements?
Identify the sentence type: “I wanted to go to the movies, but I had too much homework.”
What is a compound sentence?
Which founding father wanted the turkey to be the National bird?
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Identify the holiday movie with this quote:
"Young man!"
"yes, sir?"
"Is the prize turkey still in the window?"
"You mean the one as big as me?"
What is "A Christmas Carol?"
Literary Device: “A fire station burns down.”
What is irony?
Comma rule needed: “My cousin Ava who lives in Boise is visiting soon.”
What is commas set off appositive phrases?
Comma rule needed: “My brother, who loves chess, won the tournament last weekend.”
What is commas are needed to set off appositive phrases?
This annual national parade occurs on Thanksgiving day in New York City.
What is the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade?
Type of figurative language: A brief reference to something or someone famous in a text.
What is allusion?
Using one thing to represent another, e.g., “The flag stands for liberty & justice for all.”
What is symbolism?
Identify the sentence type: “I wanted to go to the movies, but I had too much homework.”
What is a compound sentence?
Identify the prepositions: “She walked across the street, past the bakery, and into the café.”
What are across, past, into?
This is the year the Mayflower departed England.
What is 1620?
The US state that consumes the most turkey every Thanksgiving.
What is California?
Figurative Language: The use of descriptive words that sound or mimic the noise they're describing.
What is onomatopoeia?
Type of sentence:
Although the rain had stopped, the ground was still soaked, and the children decided to stay inside.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
Comma rule needed: “We bought apples oranges bananas and grapes.”
What is commas are needed with items in a list?