Holiday Sweets
A small cake baked in a cup-shaped container and typically iced.
What is a cupcake?
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?
a rich, sweet, and gooey filling made from eggs, butter, sugar (typically corn syrup), and vanilla, all baked in a flaky, buttery pastry crust and topped with a layer of toasted pecans.
What is pecan pie?
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?
A dessert featuring a sweet, creamy, and rich filling made primarily from soft cheese, eggs, and sugar, set atop a base or crust of crushed cookies, graham crackers, or pastry
What is cheesecake?
Mr. Stayner's favorite actor.
Who is John Wayne?
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?
A classic Southern American dessert with a sweet, custard-like filling made from sweet potatoes
What is sweet potato pie?
Figurative Language: References a well-known place, person or thing of historical culture
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?
Delicate, colorful French sandwich cookies made of two meringue-based shells with a sweet filling like ganache, buttercream, or jam
What is a macaron?
Mr. Stayner's favorite vacation destination.
What is Yellowstone National Park?
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?