Literary Terms
Sentence Types
Vocabulary
Grammar
Passage Read
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What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as.
100
What is a simple sentence?
Expresses a complete thought, with a subject and a verb.
100
What does allusion mean?
Referencing something without mentioning it.
100
What's wrong? Julie told him "You should not run in the hall."
Julie told him, "You should not run in the hall." comma after him
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What's the author's purpose? In the 2000's there were approximatly 3,000 schools in TN that did not have computers in every classroom.
Inform
200
What is a hyperbole?
A statement that uses extreme exaggeration.
200
What is a complex sentence?
It has one independent and one dependent clause.
200
What does infer mean?
To make an educated guess based on clues.
200
What's wrong? She was running in the hall she slipped and fell down.
, and ;
200
Summarize the passage: There was once a slug who moved very slow. The slug wanted to be in a race. So, he joined the race and ended up running against a bunny. The bunny thought he would win. The slug was so slow, the bunny took a nap half way through the race. In the end, the slug won.
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What is a summary?
A restatement of the main ideas, big points, and facts.
300
What is a compound sentence?
It has two independent clauses.
300
What does conclude mean?
To finish or arrive at a final solution.
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What's wrong? i wanted to go to the Mall.
I mall
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This is told in which point of view? First I went to the store. Then I had volleyball practice. Then I had to go home and clean my room.
First person.
400
What is an analogy?
A comparison between two objects.
400
What is a compound complex sentence?
It has two independent clauses joined with a dependent.
400
What does mode mean?
it refers to the mood, or form in which something is written. It's like author's purpose.
400
What's wrong? I went to the mall consequently i spent all of my money.
I went to the mall; consequently, I spent all of my money.
400
What author's purpose is this? I breathed in so deeply you could see my chest move up and down. Summer was in the air.
Descriptive
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What is a rhetorical question?
A question that is asked to guide someone's thinking, and it does not need an answer.
500
What is a dependent clause?
it does not express a complete thought.
500
What is a thesis statement?
The main idea of the passage. The thesis statement gives what the passage will be about.
500
What's wrong? We was going to the store and was walking in when and seen our friends.
We were going to the store and we walked in and saw our friends.
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Paraphrase the following line: The first day of summer there were birds singing, kids playing, moms cleaning, and kids sleeping in.
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