Parts of Speech
The teacher buzzed around the classroom like a bumblebee to flowers.
What is a simile?
What are examples of punctuation?
period, comma, question mark, semicolon
quotation marks
The stairs creaked as I tried to sneak down them.
What is onomatopoeia?
If you have two complete sentences combined without proper punctuation (period), you have a _________.
Run-on sentence
A reference book to help you find synonyms.
What is a theaurus?
Has a subject and verb, but can't stand alone.
What is a dependent clause?
The tree danced in the wind all night.
What is personification?
If you have two independent clauses and a coordinating conjunction you need to put what kind of punctuation before the conjunction?
comma
I love to play basketball, but I don't have time.
A written account of someone's life written by someone else.
What is a biography?
I learned to ride a bike about a million years ago.
What is hyperbole?
This mark precedes a list of things.
What is a colon?
Word that modifies an adjective (example/very). The very beautiful butterfly lit on the purple flower.
What is an adverb?
This work is a piece of cake.
What is an idiom?
A type of artistic writing that attempts to stir a reader's imagination or emotions through the use of distinctive sounds and rhythm.
What is poetry?
A quotation from or reference to a book, paper, or author, especially in a scholarly work.
What is a citation?