Daily Language Review
What is an antonym?
What is an opposite. (ex: hot, cold)
Jim wants to eat less, exercise more, and be getting more sleep.
What is no...it should be Jim wants to eat less, exercise more, and get more sleep.
Is the following an example of first, second, or third person point of view?
I fell down last week and broke my ankle.
What is first person.
Provide an example of a simile.
Similes use "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things.
Is the following an example of a simple sentence, complex sentence, or compound sentence?
The dog sat down.
What is simple.
Provide an example of two synonyms.
(ex: cold, frigid)
Does the following sentence have parallel structure?
Tom likes to talk, walk, and teach.
What is yes.
What point of view is least common in texts? First, second, or third?
What is second person. (Addresses the reader with "you")
How is a metaphor different from a simile?
What is...a metaphor does not compare using "like" or "as" but just states that something is another thing.
(ex: The world is your oyster.)
Is the following an example of a simple, complex, or compound sentence?
The teachers went on strike because they wanted an increase in pay.
What is complex. (A complex sentence is made of an independent clause and a subordinate clause.)
Is the following an example of a pair of homophones, homonyms, or homographs?
pair, pear
What is homophones. (sound the same, but spelled differently and have different meanings)
Correct the following sentence for parallel structure:
She thinks the kids' father is irresponsible, lazy, and doesn't care about them.
Describe 3rd person limited.
What is: the point of view that is limited to one character and his/her thoughts and feelings.
What type of figurative language is the following?
The river ran down the hill and the wind whispered through the trees.
(idiom, simile, hyperbole, alliteration, personification)
What is personification. (giving an object human characteristics or qualities)
Is the following an example of a simple, complex, or compound sentence?
I love ice cream, and vanilla is my favorite.
What is a compound sentence.
What part of speech are the words table, chair, plate?
What is noun.
Correct the following parallel structure.
Danny likes to fish, to hunt, and sometimes gardens.
What is...Danny likes to fish, to hunt, and to garden.
Describe 3rd person objective?
3rd person objective does not reveal thoughts and feelings of any characters; it is primarily told through actions and dialogue.
Identify the type of figurative language used in the sentence below:
He was my very own Romeo, and I was his Juliet.
(idiom, personification, alliteration, allusion)
What is allusion (reference to a piece of literature, music, person, place, thing, or event that the reader is presumably familiar with).
You can join two similar sentences by using a comma and a conjunction or what piece of punctuation?
What is a semicolon. (;)
What is the plural of ox?
What is oxen.
Correct the following incorrect parallel structure.
Johnny has worked in a warehouse, in a bar, and as a firefighter.
What is...Johnny has worked in a warehouse, in a bar, and in a firehouse.
What is 3rd person omniscient?
What is all-knowing; the reader is aware of all characters' thoughts, feelings, etc.
Provide an example of an idiom.
Idioms are common phrases that are not to be taken literally.
Ex: kick the bucket
don't' spill the beans
hold your horses
when pigs fly
What are the four types of sentences?
What are...imperative, declarative, interrogative, and exclamatory.