Parts of Speech
Give 3 examples of a verb.
run
jump
play
What is the speaker tag in the sentence:
"I don't want anything for Christmas!" Isaiah shouted.
Isaiah shouted
What is the difference between a personal and a fictional narrative?
A person narrative is a story about something real that happened to you. A fictional narrative is a make-believe story that isn't real.
2 x 12
24
What are the signal words that make a simile a simile?
like/as
What are 3 examples of proper nouns?
Example:
McDonald's
Wonder
Kleenex
Without the quotation marks, can you determine which parts of the sentence are the speaker tag and the actual dialogue?
I volunteer cried Jay I volunteer as tribute.
Speaker tag = cried Jay
Actual dialogue = I volunteer, I volunteer as tribute
What at least 2 elements of a fable?
Includes animals, animals that talk/act like humans, is short in length, has a moral, takes place outside
3 x 2 x 4
24
What kind of figurative language is this:
The sun smiled down on me, waving hello with it's rays of light.
a) hyperbole
b) simile
c) personificataion
d) metaphor
c) personification
Which word is an adverb:
a) quick
b) quickly
c) run
d) fast
b) quickly
Correct the dialogue sentence using punctuation and capitalization:
I really like corn Camdyn said.
"I really like corn," Camdyn said.
What are at least 2 elements of a fairy tale?
Has royalty/kingdoms, animals, morals (sometimes), magic, short in length, good vs. evil
22 x 3
66
What kind of figurative language is this:
It took a million years for recess to come.
a) hyperbole
b) simile
c) personificataion
d) metaphor
a) hyperbole
Write the reflexive pronouns for each of these 3 words:
1. me
2. it
3. them
1. myself
2. itself
3. themselves
Correct the dialogue sentence using punctuation and capitalization:
After the assembly, Emily demanded I want a yo-yo
After the assembly, Emily demanded, "I want a yo-yo!"
What is the climax of a story?
The turning point where the problem is at it's worst. Everything changes from this point forward.
46 x 7
322
What type of figurative language is this:
Her eyes were stars that lit up the room.
a) hyperbole
b) simile
c) personificataion
d) metaphor
d) metaphor
List at least 4 relative pronouns (bonus point if you can name all 7 that were mentioned in our ELD video).
who, whom, whose, which, that, where, when
Correct the dialogue sentence using punctuation and capitalization:
do you think there are ghosts in here Andrew asked I hate ghosts
What is a theme of a story?
What the story is about. The message of the story. The moral of the story.
103 x 5
515
Write your own example of at least 2 of these types of figurative language:
a) hyperbole
b) simile
c) personificataion
d) metaphor
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