Figurative lang
A comparison using like or as.
👉 Answer: What is a simile?
What the reader understands from the text.
👉 Answer: What is meaning?
One independent clause.
👉 Answer: What is a simple sentence?
A group of words without a subject and verb.
👉 Answer: What is a phrase?
Pronouns that act as the subject of a sentence.
👉 Answer: What are subject pronouns?
A comparison made without using like or as.
👉 Answer: What is a metaphor?
The author’s attitude toward the subject.
👉 Answer: What is tone?
Two independent clauses joined by FANBOYS.
👉 Answer: What is a compound sentence?
A group of words with a subject and verb.
👉 Answer: What is a clause?
Pronouns that receive the action.
👉 Answer: What are object pronouns?
Giving human traits to objects or ideas.
👉 Answer: What is personification?
“The homework was a mountain.”
What does this metaphor mean?
👉 Answer: Homework feels overwhelming.
One independent clause and one dependent clause.
👉 Answer: What is a complex sentence?
A modifier placed too far from the word it describes.
👉 Answer: What is a misplaced modifier?
Pronouns ending in -self or -selves that refer back to the subject.
👉 Answer: What are reflexive pronouns?
A reference to a famous person, story, or event.
👉 Answer: What is an allusion?
Tone of this sentence:
“I guess I’ll do my homework.”
👉 Answer: What is uninterested / annoyed?
Two independent clauses and one dependent clause.
👉 Answer: What is a compound-complex sentence?
Fix the sentence:
“Running to class, the bell rang.”
👉 Answer: Running to class, I heard the bell ring.
Pronouns used to emphasize a noun.
👉 Answer: What are intensive pronouns?
Identify the figure of speech:
“The wind whispered through the trees.”
👉 Answer: What is personification?
“This test is a breeze!”
Identify the tone.
👉 Answer: What is confident / relaxed?
Identify the sentence type:
“I played soccer, and I won because I practiced.”
👉 Answer: What is a compound-complex sentence?
Identify the error:
“Covered in mud, the shoes were left by the door.”
👉 Answer: What is a misplaced modifier?
Choose the correct pronoun:
The coach thanked Sarah and ___ .
👉 Answer: What is me?