Verbals
Identify the gerund in the sentence: "Running every morning is good for your health."
What is running?
Correct the following sentence: "She don't have any time for games."
What is "She doesn't have any time for games."
The indicative mood is used.
What is 'used for statements of fact or reality'.
The difference between a protagonist and an antagonist in a story.
What is 'The protagonist is the main character, often the hero, while the antagonist is the character or force in conflict with the protagonist'?
The 5 elements of a short story
What is exposition, rising action, conflict, falling action and resolution?
The infinitive in the sentence: "She loves to sing at the concert hall."
What is 'to sing'?
Differentiate between "your" and "you're" and use them correctly in a sentence.
What is "Your" shows possession while "you're" is a contraction for "you are".
(Sentence examples will vary)
Sample answers:
Your book is heavy.
You're going to the store.
The verb mood used to express a wish, command, or recommendation.
What is the imperative mood?
A literary device used to hint at what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
Used to create compound words in a sentence
What is a hyphen?
An example of a participial phrase in a sentence.
What is...answers may vary
Example answer: Walking slowly, he enjoyed the scenery.
Participle phrase - a group of words that includes a participle (a verb form that functions as an adjective). It acts as an adjective in a sentence, providing additional information about a noun or pronoun.
Identify the subject and verb in the sentence: "The big brown bear chased the frightened rabbit."
what is subject: bear; verb: chased?
The verb mood in the sentence: "If I were you, I would study harder."
What is the subjunctive mood?
When the opposite of what is expected happens.
What is situational irony?
Identify if the sentence contains a misplaced or dangling modifier...'The woman walked the dog in the blue dress and high heels.'
What is misplaced modifier?
The difference between a gerund and a participle.
What is...A gerund functions as a noun, while a participle functions as an adjective.
Connects two words that are closely related and function together as a single concept
What is a hyphen?
Example:
My brother-in-law likes playing his Xbox.
Asks a question that requests an action or asks for information.
What is the interrogative mood?
Identify the literary element most prominently used in the following excerpt from "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald?
"He smiled understandingly-much more than understandingly. It was one of those rare smiles with a quality of eternal reassurance in it, that you may come across four or five times in life."
What is symbolism?
Why? The smile described carries a deeper meaning beyond its literal interpretation, symbolizing reassurance and understanding.
Identify if the following sentence contains a misplaced or dangling modifier...'The smoke alarm went off while cooking my dinner.' Correct the sentence.
What is a dangling modifier?
The smoke alarm went off while I was cooking dinner.
Form a sentence using an appositive phrase.
What is ...?
Example answer: 'The teacher, Mrs. Smith, loves to read novels'.
Appositive - a noun or noun phrase that renames or explains another noun or pronoun in a sentence. It is set off by commas and provides additional information about the noun or pronoun it follows.
Appositives are used to add details or clarify the identity of the preceding word.
Coordinating conjunctions function in a sentence to...
What is 'joins two or more individual words or phrases of the same part of speech'?
Example:
Did you remember to bring pen and paper? (connects 2 nouns)
I got to the movie before Edam but after Vera. (connects 2 prepositional phrases)
The purpose of using the conditional mood in writing.
What is 'to express conditions that are not factual or certain, often used for speculation or hypotheses in writing'?
Read and identify the elements being used...
In the eerie stillness of the night, the moon cast a silvery glow over the ancient castle perched on the hill. As the wind whispered through the towering trees, a sense of foreboding filled the air. Suddenly, a piercing scream shattered the silence, echoing through the dark corridors of the castle. Shadows danced ominously on the walls, creating a sense of dread that enveloped the brave souls who dared to venture inside.
What is imagery and foreshadowing?
Identify the sentence structure...In the biology lab, we conducted an experiment to observe the effects of temperature on enzyme activity, and our results confirmed previous research, which suggested that higher temperatures denature enzymes, leading to a decrease in reaction rates.
What is compound-complex?
A compound-complex sentence contains two independent clauses and one or more dependent clause.
This type of sentence is often a complex sentence joined to a simple sentence with a conjunction.
EXAMPLES:
Since we wanted to have fun, my friend and I went to the school social, and we danced all night!