Figurative Language
She is as quick as a cat.
What is a simile?
What is the subject of this sentence? My mother baked cookies.
What is My mother?
She went to the store to buy ___ apple. (a or an)
What is "an"?
Greek root meaning "life"
What is "bio"?
Number of nouns in the following sentence:
Mary is a nice girl.
What is 2?
Swish and flick!
What is onomatopoeia?
What is the verb of this sentence? She ran away.
What is ran?
Mr. Smith shouldn't judge her because he didn't _____ her. (know or no)
What is "know"?
Root meaning "time"
What is "chron"?
The adjective in the following sentence:
She is a nice girl.
What is "nice"?
Get a grip girl!
What is alliteration?
What is the direct object of this sentence? The bat hit Derek.
What is Derek?
Melissa avoided walking _____ the park on her way to work. (buy, bye, by)
What is "by"?
Root meaning "earth, ground"
What is "geo"?
The word in this sentence that is an adverb:
The team walked sluggishly to the locker room.
What is "sluggishly"?
I was terrified by the sound of the moaning wind.
What is personification?
What is the indirect object in the following sentence? For Valentines Day, my husband sent me pretty flowers.
What is me?
_____ a great person, and I am glad to be your friend. (your or you're)
What is "you're"?
Latin root meaning "step"
What is "grad, gres"?
the word from this list that can be used as a noun and a verb:
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Swimming
Messed
What is "swimming"?
You are a lone reed standing tall in the rough winds.
What is a metaphor?
What is the indirect object in the following sentence? Jason built his wife a new deck.
What is his wife?
Put the hula hoops in a pile over _____. (there, their, they're)
What is "there"?
Latin root meaning "write"
What is "graph"?
The three nouns in this sentence:
The agitated doctor told her to take her medicine.
What is "doctor, her, medicine"?