Vocabulary
What does sorrowful mean?
feeling or showing grief
Give me an example of an action that a loyal friend would do.
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Name a common theme in a text.
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What does deficient mean?
not having enough of something needed
"Now that every student has a laptop, they will simply power up their computers in the morning and have their lesson plan for the day."
How does the prepositional phrase "for the day" function in the sentence?
It functions as an adverb modifying the lesson.
It functions as an adverb modifying have.
It functions as an adverb modifying have.
What is a metaphor?
a figure of speech, applying words to an object or action
What is happening if I use the metaphor, "I am so sad, I can feel raindrops splashing down my face."
I am crying.
Give an example of a time a friendship required sacrifice.
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What is descriptive language?
When an author uses their senses in their writing.
Where should the commas go to correctly punctuate the coordinate adjectives in the sentence below?
Incredibly, more than eighty percent of these remarkably unique inhabitants are found solely in Australia.
Between remarkably and unique.
What is imagery?
Fill in the blank:
visually descriptive or figurative ____________.
visually descriptive or figurative language
Give me an example of stronger words you could use instead of the word "difficult."
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Brutal
Excrutiating
Demanding
"I'm sorry but I have to decline your offer because I need to help my friend."
This statement is evidence to support which theme:
True friendship is forever.
True friendship needs patience.
True friendship requires sacrifice.
True friendship requires sacrifice.
Joe, my doctor, is a friendly guy. How does the appositive phrase "My doctor" function in the sentence?
Its function is to show who he is.
Its function is to define the noun Joe.
Its function is to define the noun Joe.
Repetition emphasizes a poem's imagery.
TRUE or FALSE
TRUE
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics to something nonhuman
If a film said, "it was a dark and story night." What might that foreshadow about the future of the rest of the film?
Trouble or danger may be ahead.
"The more she thought about it, the more she realized she should never tell her friend she won the contest over her friend."
What does this tell you about the main character?
She puts her friend's feelings above her own.
Is the sentence below written correctly according to the coordinate adjectives?
The famous beautiful actress was going to be in town.
No. It should be:
The famous, beautiful actress was going to be in town.
"This last year was rough, but I see sunlight coming this New Year."
What does the word sunlight mean in the sentence above?
Hope
What is figurative language?
words that go beyond the literal meaning
What does it mean to steal someone's thunder?
to take away someone's attention or ruin their day
If a story has evidence that provides an exposition of the story, what does that mean?
An exposition means description of an idea.
If a sentence starts with a subordinate clause, you must include a comma after the clause.
TRUE
FALSE
TRUE
I was ____________ while we were hiking in the snowy woods.
Which word creates the most dramatize effect?
chill
uncomfortable
freezing
freezing