What is the definition of personification? Give an example.
What is giving human characteristics to non human things. examples will vary.
100
What are the definitions of connotation and denotation?
What is the emotional response (neg. or pos) and the dictionary definition.
100
Write out the math for the four different sentence types.
What is simple (1), compound (2), complex (1+1), and compound complex (2+1)
100
Define an independent and dependent clause.
What is a clause that can stand alone and a clause that cannot stand alone.
100
What does the root word act- mean.
What is to do.
200
It's raining cats and dogs is an example of an ________. The phrase means it's _______________________________.
What is an idiom. (it's raining very hard)
200
Give a synonym and antonym for the word skinny.
What is thin and fat.
200
The following is what sentence type. 27. Lauren, on the other hand, likes to run long distances, and she enjoys hiking the smokies.
What is a compound-complex sentence.
200
Opening the gate, the boy found his ball. Opening the gate is an example of _________.
What is a phrase.
200
The prefix re- means ____________? Use it in a word.
What is again. redo, react, etc.
300
Mrs. Stuart woke up with crazy hair and said, "Ahh! I look like Medusa!" What is this an example of?
What is an allusion.
300
I concur with Eli's statement that dogs are the best in the world. Which word from the sentence above means to agree
What is concur.
300
What type of sentence follows? Ms. Taylor loves her dogs moose and Lola.
What is a simple sentence.
300
This has a subject and a verb.
What is a clause
300
The suffix -dom means _________. Create a word using -dom.
What is state of. boredom, kingdom, etc.
400
The messy house was a pigsty. The previous sentence is an example of ?
What is a metaphor.
400
I was entranced by the magical bean that I received. What does the word entranced mean in the sentence above?
What is to be amazed, couldn't look away.
400
What is missing from the sentence, and what type of sentence is it? Mrs. Stuart loves eating cake so she has to work out all the time.
What is a comma between cake and so. What is a compound sentence.
400
State the misplaced modifier in the following sentence. A group of people, watched as the big, green monster came up from the swamp with a terrified look.
What is with a terrified look.
400
An animal that is "quadruped" has four what?
What is four feet
500
"an arm and a leg" is an example of _________. It means ______________
What is an idiom. It means something costs a lot.
500
All my friends thought my baseball hat was trash.
trash ('trash) n. 1. empty talk or nonsense 2. literature that is of poor quality 3. something that is worthless or useless 4. trimmings from plants
Look at the dictionary entry above. What is the meaning of the word trash?
What is something that is worthless or useless.
500
Create a complex sentence.
What is answers will vary.
500
She stopped running because she was tired. Because she was tired is an example of what type of clause.
What is dependent.
500
The suffix -ation means _________. The word respiration means __________________________________.
What is action or process. The process of breathing.