A good way to remember this part of speech is to think of it as a "prima donna": it acts selfish and always takes the place of a person, place, or thing.
What is a pronoun?
100
I like to hang around when people are talking to see what they have to say.
What are quotation marks?
100
You have to have a keen eye during this stage of the writing process in order to produce a well-written, clear piece of writing.
What is editing?
100
I get lots of ____________ at Christmas. (presence/presents)
What is presents?
100
This colorful last name will fit Ms. Garcia well, since she is all about preserving the environment.
What is Green?
200
What part of speech is the word "running" categorized as?
What is verb?
200
I make things sound exciting and interesting.
What is an exclamation point?
200
Here's a hint for this step of the writing process: organize, organize, ORGANIZE!!!!
What is pre-writing (brainstorm)?
200
The radar ________ in the plane showed that there were storms ahead. (censor/sensor)
What is sensor?
200
The Caribbean island where Brian proposed has two words in it's name.
What is Grand Cayman?
300
Label the parts of speech in block parentheses: Hannah sat [in] class and proclaimed that she was going [to] die [of] mono. Andrew replied, "Hannah, you can't die [from] mono, can you?"
What is a preposition?
300
I have several imposters, but you'll know this is me when you're trying to show the division of a word at the end of a line.
What is a hyphen?
300
It's easy to get this elaboration strategy confused with another, like Ms. Garcia gets confused with right and left.
What is a simile?
300
Marshall _________ when he lost all of his hair. (bald/bawled)
What is bawled?
300
Ms. Garcia and her fiance differ in height by ____ inches.
What is 17 (inches)?
400
Alisha says, "Like, I'm gonna like punch her in the face if she keeps like talkin' stuff like that, Ms. Garcia." What part of speech is "like"?
What is an interjection?
400
I make things sound important and serious.
What is a period?
400
This elaboration strategy uses a specific type of punctuation that likes to "hang around."
What is conversation (dialogue)?
400
Ms. Garcia told Alex that he smelled __________. (fowl/foul)
What is foul?
400
These jewels of the sea are some of Ms. Garcia's favorite accessories to wear and are sewn on her wedding dress.
What are pearls?
500
Lolly made his adverbs VERY VERY strong with this adverb add-on.
What is an intensifier?
500
I have so many jobs, sometimes it's hard to keep up with where I go and what I do!
What is a comma?
500
What elaboration strategy is used in this sentence: "Ms. Garcia, the parking lot was an OCEAN this morning!" (Hint: it's not ELABORATION)
What is exaggeration?
500
Ms. Garcia's wedding ceremony, to which you are not invited, will be a solemn but beautiful __________. (wright/write/rite/right)
What is rite?
500
This earthy tone is the color of Ms. Garcia's bridesmaid dresses.