Figurative Language
Comparing two things without using like or as
Metaphor
Used at end of a decelerative sentence
Period
Two letters that form one sound
Digraph
What does salutations mean?
Hello
What all sentences start with
Capital Letter
Opposite meanings
Antonyms
Used at the end of a sentence that express strong feeling
Exclamation Point
A word part that is added to the beginning of a word
Prefix
How many legs do spiders have?
8
Two simple sentences joined by a comma. Example: The flowers were beautiful; they were in full bloom.
Compound
An exaggeration that is not meant to be taken literally
Hyperbole
Used at the end of an interrogative sentence
Question Mark
Shortened form of two words
Contraction
What word means to be happy and joyful that it shows on your face?
Radiant
A group of words that does not express a complete thought. Example: Inside the box
Fragment
Words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings
Homophones
Separates words in a series
A word part that is added to the end of a word
Suffix
1952
Joins two or more sentences without proper conjunctions and punctuation. Example: She went to Africa she made a huge discovery.
Run-on
Abbreviations usually formed with all capital letters and no periods such as NASA
Acronyms
Separates two independent clauses and takes the place of and
Semi colon (;)
When a vowel is spelled with more than one letter
Vowel Team
Find an example of a simile.
Comparison using like
Contains an independent clause and a dependent clause. Example: After the rain stopped, I saw a rainbow.
Complex