Punctuation
Figurative Language
Text Structures
Sentences
Test Taking Strategies
100
This is used to separate words in a list, or to break up a sentence
What is a comma
100
A common saying that doesn't literally mean what it says (it's raining cats and dogs)
What is an idiom
100
This style of writing states that this happened, which caused that (this caused that)
What is cause & effect
100
This sentence is not a complete idea
What is a fragment
100
This is very important to do the night before a big test.
What is a good night's sleep
200
This punctuation mark is used to join two words together, such as off campus
What is a hyphen
200
FL that compares two unlike items using like or as
What is a simile
200
This type of writing compares similarities and differences
What is compare & contrast
200
This sentences doesn't stop
What is a run-on
200
This is very important to do the morning before a big test
What is breakfast
300
This is used before a list of an explanation
What is colon
300
A word that sounds exactly like what it means
What is onomatopoeia
300
This type of writing looks at problems and states how to fix the problems
What is problem-solution
300
This sentence shows excitement
What is exclamatory
300
This is a reading technique you use when you have a lot of text to read
What is skim & scan
400
Two similar independent clauses are jointed together with this punctuation mark.
What is a semicolon
400
Human qualities are given to inanimate objects
What is personification
400
This type of writing uses lots of vivid words and figurative language
What is descriptive
400
This sentence gives you a command or order
What is imperative
400
This is very important to do before you even read the story
What is read the questions first
500
This punctuation is used around dialogue or quotes
What are quotation marks
500
I'm so hungry I can eat a horse!
What is hyperbole
500
This type of writing has an order to it, like a recipe
What is sequence
500
This ends with a question mark
What is an interrogative sentence
500
This is a way to determine a vocabulary word's meaning
What are context clues
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