Verbals
Editing
All Summer in a Day
Parts of an Essay
Author's Craft Move
100

I went to sleep past midnight on New Year's day.

What is infinitive?
100

What is this called? ...

What is ellipsis?

100

Who is the author of the story?

What is Ray Bradbury?

100

It is placed at the end of the essay.

What is conclusion?

100

Her eyes sparkled like sapphires.

What is simile?

200

The shimmering stars illuminated the sky.

What is Participle?

200

What is one way to fix this run on sentence? Kyanna and I went to the library to borrow some books we both like mystery novels.

Kyanna and I went to the library to borrow some books; we both like mystery novels.

Kyanna and I went to the library to borrow some books. We both like mystery novels.

200

What is the setting of the story?

What is Venus?

200

What does every piece of evidence need?

What is an explanation?

200

She sang songs so sweetly.

What is alliteration?

300

My cat's favorite activity is sleeping.

What is gerund?

300

Indicate an omission using an ellipsis in this quote. 

"I think therefore I am."

What is "I think therefore..." OR another correct response.

300

What is the conflict in the story?

What is when Margot is locked in the closet by the children.

300

What lets you know that there is a shift in paragraphs or ideas?

What is transition words?

300

You are a star.

What is a metaphor?
400

He made scrambled eggs and hash browns for breakfast.

What is participle?

400

Fix this following sentence including a semi-colon. Millie has a severe nut allergy she cant eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches peanut brittle or peanuts

Millie has a severe nut allergy; she cant eat peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, peanut brittle, or peanuts.

400
How often does the sun show up in the story?
What is once every seven years?
400

What catches the reader's attention in the beginning?

What is a hook?

400

Let me back up and tell you what happened that day. It was just your average Monday, when suddenly, there was a loud noise.

What is flashback?

500
She enjoys writing horror stories for fun.
What is gerund?
500

Fix this sentence. My dogs name is bruno and he is a chocolate lab we adopted him at holly oak shelter when he was too year old.

My dog's name is Bruno and he is a chocolate lab. We adopted him at Holly Oak Shelter when he was two years old.

500

What is one thematic statement based the story? 

What is when you cannot get over your own pain, you might hurt others. 

500
How do you cite a source within an essay using MLA format?

What is parenthesis author's name and page number? 

500

The palm trees danced gracefully as the wind blew.

What is personification?

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