Commonly Confused Words
Your/You're backpack is by the door.
What is Your
The dog runs/run in the yard.
What is runs
This type of setting shows a broken or unfair society, often controlled by strict rules.
What is Dystopia
This type of figurative language compares two things using “like” or “as.”
What is Simile
The bright sun rose up at 6:00 AM in the morning.
What is "in the morning"
We are going to/too/two the store.
The students are/is working quietly.
What is are
This is a leader with total control who makes all the rules in many dystopian stories.
This type compares two things without using “like” or “as.”
What is metaphor
Please repeat the directions again so I don't forget.
I want to go too/to/two.
What is too
She likes/like to read books.
What is likes
This happens when the government watches people all the time.
What is surveillance
This gives human traits to something that is not human.
The CEO made a brief summary of the year's goals.
What is brief
Their/They're/There class is going on a fieldtrip.
What is Their
They play/played basketball after school.
What is play
This word means people are treated like they are less than human.
What is dehumanization
This exaggerates something to make a point, like “I’ve told you a million times.”
What is hyperbole
Is it a true fact that penguins can’t fly?
The dog wagged its/it's tail.
What is its
My teacher gives/give us homework every day.
This is when people are forced to follow the same rules and act the same way.
This uses words that sound like what they describe, like “buzz” or “boom.”
What is onomatopoeia
At this point in time, we are ready to begin the test.
What is "at this point in time"