Grammar 1
“Don’t ever leave me alone, again!” is an example of which type of sentence? 100
Imperative sentence
True or False: “My sister Kate was star-struck after meeting Justin Bieber for the first time” is an example of a sentence fragment.
Amira was (write / rite / right) about the weather being bad today.
Right
“OMG! Brian, like, totally likes me. He, like, just asked me to prom, and, like, I’m dying right now, like, literally” is an example of which literary device?
Hyperbole
In which quadrant will the coordinate point (7, -25) be found?
4
Which conjunction words are used for complex sentences? Give me 3 examples of them.
Subordinating conjunction words. Ex:
| after although as because before even if even though if in order that | once provided that rather than since so that than that though unless | until when whenever where whereas wherever whether while why |
True or False: When I lay in bed (dep. clause), I think of all the things I could be when I grow up (ind. clause).
True
I hope the wound will (he’ll / heal / heel). 200
Heal
True or False: Repetition is a literary device used in narrative stories to convey the speech pattern of a character who stutters.
False
0.6 (<, >, =) -154
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What is FANBOYS used for and what does it mean?
Coordinating conjunction words.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
The sentence “He wondered why the sky was blue _ ” has which punctuation at the end?
Period (.)
(Their / There / They’re) are too many people in this party.
There
“You are sweet as the nectar of flowers” uses which type of analogy?
Simile
(-|-25| )+ 60 = ?
35
“I’m feeling motivated to start my day even though the skies are gray” is an example of a __________ sentence.
Complex
Is the following sentence correct or is it missing something, and, if so, what is it missing?
“I never thought I’d see you again but now I see you every day.”
A comma before "but" because it joins two independent clauses.
(Your / You’re) ticket has the winning number, so I guess (your / you’re) the winner. 400
Your
you're
“The Siberian winter winds swooshed through the slender branches of a snow covered cypress” uses which literary device(s)?
Alliteration, onomatopoeia, and imagery.
117.12 is 61% of _____
192
True or False: Run-on sentences have more than one independent clause and conjunctions but no punctuation.
False: A run-on sentence has no coordinating conjunction or period.
“His blue eyes peered deep into the windows of my soul” contains what kinds of subject and predicate?
Both complete and simple.
The doctor worried that the (affect / effect) of the medicine wouldn’t have any (affect / effect) on his patient’s illness. 500
effect - result
affect - to influence
Is the phrase “He’s a lion on the playing field” an example of an idiom or a metaphor?
Metaphor
1+1 = ?
2