Comma Rules
Identify the comma rule: I went to dinner with my mom and had chicken, stuffing, and green beans.
What is List comma rule
Identify the tense of the word: Called
what is past
Identify the Nouns: I am excited to go home so I can pet my cats and see my parents.
home, cats, and parents
drawing a comparison in order to show a similarity
Analogy
what is a summary?
what the story is mainly about
Identify the comma rule: I went to the mall with my friends to get ice cream, we all got waffle cones.
What is No-No Comma rule
Identify the tense of the word: Trick-or-Treating
present
Identify all the verbs: Yesterday, I went to the mall with my friends and we walked around for hours.
Went and walked
marked by exuberance and high spirits
boisterous
what is a theme?
a lesson or moral to a story
Identify the comma rule: Next, we will study for our midterm.
What is intro comma rule?
Identify the tense of the phrase or word: will crave
future
identify the adverbs: I went quickly to the dairy section to grab eggs for my mom, I was running so fast I almost hit an old lady.
quickly and fast
an arrangement of events in time
Chronology
Who does Mary Prince marry?
a freed black man
Identify the comma rule: I went to see my grandma on Thursday but she wasn't home because she was playing cards with my aunt.
Identify the tense: I went to the store with my sister yesterday.
Past
Identify the adjectives: I went to my grandma's Victorian style house, when you walk in you can see the history in the dusty hallways.
Victorian style and dusty
make known to the public information previously kept secret
Divulge
How did olaudah equiano become a slave?
he was kidnapped and forced into slavery
Identify the two comma rules: Next, we had to go to the store to get ice cream, chips, and dinner.
Intro and List
Identify the tense: On Thursday, people kept calling me so I had to put my phone on do not disturb
Past
Identify the adverbs and Adjectives:
I ran so fast down the green and grassy hill, I was so speedy and quick when running.
adverbs: fast, down, speedy, quick
adjectives: green and grassy
use of the same consonant at the beginning of each word
alliteration
how were men and women treated differently in slavery?