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Punctuation
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Parts of speech
Capitals
Figurative Language
100

What punctuation is used at the end of a declarative sentence?

A period

100

 What book gives the spelling, definition, pronunciation, the part of speech, and the etymology of a word?

a dictionary

100
Which part of speech is a person, place, idea, or thing?
noun
100
What word(s) should be capitalized? candy, mrs. person, tree
Mrs. Person
100

What is it called when you compare two unlike objects using “like” or “as?” 

simile

200
In the following sentence what punctuation is needed? Juan said that the bus was late
Period
200

What book gives synonyms and antonyms of words?

a thesaurus

200
in, at, to, under, around - examples of
Prepositions
200
What word(s) should be capitalized? house, fish, nashville
Nashville
200

What is the onomatopoeia in this sentence? Ticktock, ticktock…the sound of the clock was all that could be heard in the hospital waiting room.

Ticktock, ticktock

300
What punctuation is used at the end of an interrogative sentence?
A question mark.
300

Where do I look to find the longitude and latitude of Cairo, Egypt?

an atlas

300
jump, fishes, is, was, - examples of
verbs
300
What word(s) should be capitalized? sponge bob, bath tub, girl
Sponge Bob
300

What is it called when human qualities are given to objects or animals?

personification

400
What punctuation is used to separate words in a series?
A comma
400

Where do I look to find information for a report on the life of Babe Ruth?

an encyclopedia

400
Happy, ugly, rich, brown, - examples of
adjectives
400
What word(s) should be capitalized? my birthday is in january
My, January
400

What figure of speech is used in this sentence? The lunch lady laughed loudly.

alliteration

500

What punctuation mark separates two independent clauses and takes the place of the word "and"?

A semi colon (;)

500

What book includes weather forecasts, gardening tips, tide tables, Olympic Game results, and other information published annually?

an almanac

500
quietly, well, then, near
adverbs
500
What word(s) should be capitalized? toni, henry, and jen like to go to pizza hut.
Toni, Henry, Jen, Pizza Hut
500

My science teacher is a monster. What figurative language is used in that sentence?

metaphor