Punctuation
Ends a Declarative Sentence
What is a PERIOD? .
Person, Place, Thing
What is a NOUN?
Compare 2 things using LIKE or AS.
Joel is AS brave AS a lion.
What is a SIMILE?
Compares 2 unlike things WITHOUT using LIKE or AS.
You are an angel, The world is a stage, a roller coaster of emotions
What is a METAPHOR?
Ends an Imperative Sentence
What is a PERIOD or an EXCLAMATION MARK?
. ?
Words that show action
What is a VERB?
A word that sounds like its sound.
BOOM!
What is ONOMATOPOEIA?
Repetition of the same INITIAL consonant sound in a series of word.
She Sells SeaSHells by the SeaSHore, Larry's Lizard Likes Leaping Leopards
What is ALLITERATION?
Go around words in a sentence that are the speaking parts of a story.
What are QUOTATION MARKS? " "
Words that show action, end in -ing, and are nouns.
What is a GERUND?
An overused, worn-out saying.
"Don't judge a book by its cover."
What is a CLICHE?
Using EXAGGERATION to create emphasis, humor, or strong emotion.
I have a ton of homework, So hungry I could eat a horse
What is HYPERBOLE?
Comes after the words "includes the following items" when you are writing a list.
What is a COLON? :
Name of this type of possessive:
boy's jacket
What is a SINGULAR possessive?
Using words to give human characteristics to non-human things.
The stars WINKED in the night sky.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
Words that differ from the LITERAL meaning of the words.
Break a leg, Cost an arm & a leg, This is a piece of cake
What is an IDIOM?
Can separate 2 complete thoughts without a conjunction word.
What is a SEMI-COLON? ;
Name of this kind of possessive:
planes' engines
What is a PLURAL possessive?
Repetition of a VOWEL sound within a phrase, sentence, or line of poetry.
GO slOW Over the rOAd.
What is ASSONANCE?
Repetition of similar CONSONANT SOUNDS In nearby words.
He struCK the cloCK with quiCK fliCK.
What is CONSONANCE?