Poetry
Identify the rhyme in the following phrase:
I am a fancy frog
Who dances on a log
Frog and Log
What is a subject?
Who or what the sentence is about.
What is the first sentence of a paragraph called?
Topic Sentence
Name all the nouns in the following sentence:
My dog went running to the tree with his favorite stick in his mouth.
Dog, Tree, Stick, Mouth
What verb agrees with the subject in the following sentence:
The students (praise/praises) God with their voices.
Praise
"Croak," is an example of what type of poetry word?
Onomatopoeia
What is a predicate?
What the subject IS or IS DOING
Name two words or phrases that you would write in a topic sentence of an opinion paragraph?
"In my opinion..." "I feel....." "I believe..." "I think..." "My favorite..." (Any 2 of the above)
Replace the noun with a pronoun in the follow sentence:
Steve went to the store to get more milk for his cookies.
He
Use an adjective to compare:
The new robot is the _________ of all the robots. (tall)
tallest
Which of the following is an alliteration?
A. Big Bouncy Baboons
B. Fat Cat Sat
C. Crash, Bang, Slurp
A. Big Bouncy Baboons
What is the simple subject in the following sentence?
My little bother went to the grocery store.
Brother.
Name at least 3 transition words for example, ......
Also, for example, first, then, next, last, finally, at first, finally, when ...
(and 3 from the list)
What is/are the proper nouns in the following sentence?
We went to Charlie's Steakhouse after school with my friend, Carl.
Charlie's Steakhouse and Carl
What is the linking verb in the following sentence:
The mine was dangerous.
Was
What part of the writing process involves writing your ideas into sentences.
A. Proofread
B. Publish
C. Draft
D. Plan
C. Draft
What is the preposition in the following sentence:
This book is about frogs.
About
An Indent
Which of the following is a plural noun
A. Duck
B. Paper
C. People
D. Runs
C. People
Identify the helping verb in the following sentence:
Charlotte's birthstone is a diamond.
is
What is the definition of an alliteration?
Words that repeat the same beginning sound.
Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence:
Four classes designed placemats.
Designed
What type of punctuation is needed after MOST transition words?
A comma
Which on is the object pronoun and which one is the subject pronoun in the following sentence:
We read a book in class about her.
Subject pronoun: We
Object pronoun: Her
What is the definition of a contraction? Give an example and spell it correctly
(Examples will vary)