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, exclamation point, quotation marks, parentheses
A type of writing to sway you to the author's point of view.
What is persuasive or argumentative writing?
quotation marks
What is an adverb?
Modifies a verb.
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?
The dog barked.
Is an example of what type of sentence?
Simple sentence.
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?
A part of a text in which definitions and explanations are listed at the bottom of the page. The words/phrases are notated with a small number that corresponds with the number at the bottom of the page.
What is a footnote?
Type of sentence made when 2 simple sentences are joined with a compound conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
I learned to ride a bike about a million years ago.
What is hyperbole?
Add punctuation to this sentence.
I love to play basketball and I love to swim
A type of writing in which an author tells a story about a significant event in their lives.
What is a memoir?
The unethical offense of copying what another source has written and claim it as your own.
What is plagarism?
An independent clause is the part of the sentence that can _____________.
Stand alone.
This work is a piece of cake.
What is an idiom?
Where do I put the commas in this sentence?
My friend Sarah lives in South Carolina.
My friend, Sarah, lives in South Carolina.
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?