Short Stories
Grammar
Grammar Part 2
100
What are the different ways we can learn about a character? (Think characterization!)
What they say
What they do
What they think
How they are described
What other characters think about them
100
What is the action, linking, and helping verb in the following sentence?
When the bus screeched to a stop, I felt scared, and I was convinced this was going to be the worst day of my life.
ACTION: screeched, convinced
LINKING: felt
HELPING: was (going)
100
Teach me something about grammar.
Wow. Go you.
200
What are the major elements of a plot map?
200
Which of these sentences is Active and Passive voice?
The last flag was stolen by her to win the game.
She stole the last flag to win the game.
Passive The last flag was stolen by her to win the game.
Active She stole the last flag to win the game.
200
Label the verbals (infinitives, participles, gerunds) in the following sentence:
I love to go to the library. Looking at all of the new books displayed is quite thrilling. It is quite common for me to leave with a towering pile of books in my arms.
Infinitives- to go
Participles- towering
Gerunds- Looking
300
We read two stories in a row about aliens: aliens looking at Earthlings like we were disgusting, and aliens that were basically crickets.
Do you think there is life beyond Earth? What proof do you have?
Of course there is life beyond us. Duh.
300
Label the following as either: Independent Clause, Dependent Clause (and is it an adjective, adverb dependent clause), or phrase.
Seeing the giraffes
When I saw the giraffes
Who was the most beautiful baby giraffe I’d ever seen
I have fed a giraffe twice now.
Seeing the giraffes - phrase
When I saw the giraffes - Dependent Clause, adverb
Who was the most beautiful baby giraffe I’d ever seen - Dependent Clause, adjective
I have fed a giraffe twice now. - Independent Clause
300
Label the following sentences with its subject object complements: subject, direct object, indirect object, object of the preposition, predicate nominative, and predicate adjective.
Even though she is sad about her role in the musical (she is the bookseller), Rosemary loves acting, and she gave me tickets to the show already.
Subject- she, Rosemary
direct object- acting
indirect object- me
object of the preposition- role, musical, show
predicate nominative- bookseller
predicate adjective- sad
Even though she is sad about her role in the musical (she is the bookseller), Rosemary loves acting, and she gave me tickets to the show already.
400
Define theme and give an example from a specific book, movie, or tv show.
The abstract concept that pervades a text/media.
Like love, revenge, empathy, and generational trauma.
400
Which is these is a dangling and which is a misplaced modifier? How would you fix them both?
Reading the B and B’s pet policy, my dog stayed at my sister’s house during my vacation.
Dressed in a diaper and drooling, my papa read a picture book to his grandson.
Reading the B and B’s pet policy, my dog stayed at my sister’s house during my vacation. - dangling, answers may vary
Dressed in a diaper and drooling, my papa read a picture book to his grandson. - misplaced “My papa read a picture book to his grandson dressed in a diaper and drooling.”
400
Label with the correct sentence types: simple, complex, compound, compound-complex.
When I finally get home tonight, I am so excited to read my novel.
It is about a girl living in California.
Her father is a famous actor, and she then becomes an even more famous actress.
Even though her father did not treat her well as a child, she gets the opportunity to work with him, and she jumps at the chance.
When I finally get home tonight, I am so excited to read my novel. complex
It is about a girl living in California. simple
Her father is a famous actor, and she then becomes an even more famous actress. compound
Even though her father did not treat her well as a child, she gets the opportunity to work with him, and she jumps at the chance. compound-complex
500
CHALLENGE:
What are these ink blots called?
Rorschach Tests
500
Label the following as either a sentences, fragment, or run on. How would you fix the fragment and run on?
Along with, when Jonas and his parents were talking about the different jobs and the ones that Jonas might receive on the day of the Ceremony of Twelves.
Lowry also mentions how after age nine the girls don’t get hair ribbons anymore they must take them out and receive the same bike as everyone else.
He ends up at the top of a hill with a red sled, sees a house at the bottom of the hill, and uses the sled to go down the hill.
Along with, when Jonas and his parents were talking about the different jobs and the ones that Jonas might receive on the day of the Ceremony of Twelves. - fragment, answer may vary
Lowry also mentions how after age nine the girls don’t get hair ribbons anymore they must take them out and receive the same bike as everyone else. - run on; needs a semi colon or comma/conjunction after “anymore”
He ends up at the top of a hill with a red sled, sees a house at the bottom of the hill, and uses the sled to go down the hill. - sentence
500
Directions: 15 punctuation marks are missing from the paragraph, below. Insert all punctuation where appropriate (commas, dashes, semicolons, and colons).
Even though he has a short temper Mr. Boleski is a good geography teacher. He taught us all about Berlin, Germany Madrid Spain and Paris, France. For getting the best grades in the class Mr. Boleski awarded his highest scoring students myself, Stephanie, Shawna, and Tyson with prizes this made other students very jealous. If you have Mr. Boleski make sure you avoid his pet peeves whistling tapping and shouting. Above Mr. Boleski’s door you would recognize it if you saw it is a sign that says this quote “Know Thyself.”
Even though he has a short temper, Mr. Boleski is a good geography teacher. He taught us all about Berlin, Germany; Madrid, Spain; and Paris, France. For getting the best grades in the class, Mr. Boleski awarded his highest scoring students - myself, Stephanie, Shawna, and Tyson - with prizes; this made other students very jealous. If you have Mr. Boleski, make sure you avoid his pet peeves: whistling, tapping, and shouting. Above Mr. Boleski’s door - you would recognize it if you saw it - is a sign that says this quote: “Know Thyself.”