Sentence Structure
Commonly confused words
WRITING CONCEPTS
Garbanzo Beans
Literary Element examples
100
groups of words that contain a subject and a predicate
What is a clause?
100
Fill in the blank... I want to go______. to, two, or too?
What is too?
100
This begins an essay and gets the reader's attention.
What is a hook?
100
Who blinks more? Women or men?
What is women?
100
Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.
What is alliteration?
200
Another word for a predicate is...
What is a verb?
200
Fill in the blank. They lost ______ season passes in the crowds. they're, their, there
What is their?
200
This tells the reader what the paragraphs is going to be about.
What is a topic sentence?
200
How many acres of pizza does the US serve every day?
What is 100 acres of pizza.
200
I have so much homework I"m going to explode!
What is hyperbole?
300
This kind of clause contains a subject and predicate but does not make a complete sentence on its own.
What is a dependent clause?
300
Fill in the blank. _____ going to be a great year! Its It's
What is It's?
300
This tells the reader what your essay is going to be about.
What is the thesis statement?
300
An ostrich's brain is approximately the size of what facial feature?
What is its eyeball?
300
She's a gem!!!
What is a metaphor?
400
What kind of clause? but it wasn't very interesting.
What is a dependent clause?
400
Fill in the blanks. Look over _________; _________ getting ready to race ________ horses. Their, there, they're
What is Look over there; they're getting ready to race their horses.
400
In the upper left hand of an essay, you have the authors last name, five spaces, and the page number. What is this called?
What is the running header?
400
Oscar the grouch from sesame street is green. When the show originally aired, he was what color?
What is orange?
400
My taste buds danced when I ate the enchilada.
What is personification?
500
What kind of clause? I will have to go to detention
What is an independent clause?
500
Fill in the blanks. ________ going to have to repeat this grade if you can't get ___________ work turned in on time. your, you're
What is You're going to have to repeat this grade if you can't get your work turned in on time.
500
In the header on the left hand side of the paper, what is the format of the date?
What is day month and year? 6 January 2017
500
Editor Bennett Cerf challenged Dr. Seuss to write a book using no more than 50 different words. What Dr. Seuess book is it? Green Eggs and Ham.
What is Green Eggs and Ham.
500
The classroom sounded like the Revolutionary War was going on.
What is allusion?
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