Grammar
This letter must always be capitalized when written by itself or in a contraction.
I
What type of writing explains, exposes and gives information
Expository
What are 3 things you need to include in a setting?
Time, Place, and Mood
The use of like and as to compare
Simile
Every sentence must conclude with an end mark. What are three possible end marks?
period, question mark and exclamation point.
Give one example of a type of hook
Statistic/Fact hook
Quotation hook
Question hook
Statement hook
Name 4 types of conflicts
Person vs Person; Person vs Self Person vs Nature; Person vs Society; Person vs Technology; Person vs Supernatural
Metaphor
What does the acronym FANBOYS stand for?
for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Name the 5 senses
Taste, touch, smell, sight, hear
Name all the points on a plot diagram
Introduction, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What is Personification?
Personification is a poetic device where animals, plants or even inanimate objects, are given human qualities – resulting in a poem full of imagery and description.
Correct the mistakes in this sentence: the students at laurier elementary love to play Outside
Capital letter on The, Laurier, and Elementary; Lower case letter on outside; Punctuation at the end
At what point does a story reach its highest intensity?
Climax
What is the difference between a static character and a dynamic character?
Static = stays same
Dynamic = changes throughout the story
I am so hungry that I can eat a horse. What figurative language is used in this sentence?
Hyperbole
Add the missing punctuation:
Mr. Douglas our school principal is looking forward to meeting us all
Mr. Douglas, our school principal, is looking forward to meeting us all.
Drink the sweet but slightly tart pomegranate juice and give the best for your body. - Lacnor
Evaluate the purpose of this writing.
Persuade
"A Grasshopper spends his summer singing and dancing, while a team of Ants has worked hard all summer collecting food for the winter. He doesn’t understand why the Ants work so hard. When winter comes, the Grasshopper finds himself dying of hunger and see’s the ant serving up food to survive. He then understands why the Ants were working so hard."
Evaluate the moral in this fable entitled "The Ants and the Grasshopper".
There’s a time for work and a time for play!
And in the evening lamps would shine,
Yellow as honey, red as wine,
Her bird-delighting, citron trees
In every purple vale!
- Tartary- Walter De La Mare
Read and analyse the poem, and identify the figurative language.
simile