Writing
What does ECR stand for?
Extended Constructed Response
Name the type of ending punctuation used with a question.
A question mark
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two things without using like or as.
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What are you going to were to the mall?
were = wear
What is a noun?
Person, place, thing, or idea
To tell where, when, or how something happened.
What verb tense is used in the sentence?
The cow jumped over the moon.
Past Tense
What is personification?
Giving human characteristics or behaviors to non-human objects or nouns.
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I love eating pizza for dinner to.
to = too.
What is a verb?
action word
What is another term for the controlling idea of a piece of writing?
Thesis statement
Do the subject and verb agree in number?
Jack and Sally loves living in Halloweentown.
No
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using like or as.
Fix the error.
They don't know how to wash there hair.
there = their
A complete sentence includes a subject. What is the subject?
The noun (who/what) that is doing something in a sentence.
What is it called when your writing makes sense and follows a logical path?
Coherence
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Noah goes to buffalo elementary school.
Buffalo Elementary School
(proper nouns are capitalized)
What is imagery?
Using descriptions that help the reader create an image in their head using the five senses.
Fix the error.
Your a beautiful singer.
Your = You're
What is the difference between a central idea and theme of a story?
A central idea is the main topic of the story, and the theme is a life lesson or idea.
What do you call the information identified in a passage that helps you determine the controlling idea?
Key Ideas OR Supporting Details
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My parents took me to a rangers baseball game on Saturday.
Rangers with a capital R
What is onomatopoeia?
Words that sound like they're spelled.
A bumble be stung me while I was at the park.
be = bee
Adjectives that describe verbs are called what?
Ex. quickly
Adverbs