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point of view
parts of speech
figurative language
genres
punctuation
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...with a walk into his closet, his thoughts took him down a lonesome desert road, far, far away in Old Mexico... Skippyjon Jones by J. Schachner What point of view is this passage told from?
What is third person?
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The dog ran down the street. This is the verb in this sentence.
What is ran?
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His fur shined black as night. What is this an example of?
What is a simile? remember that a simile uses like or as to compare two things
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The Harry Potter books are examples of what type of literature?
What is fiction? I keep fiction and nonfiction straight by remembering fiction = fake (2 f's)
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What punctuation mark should end this sentence____
What is a question mark?
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I'm twelve years old. Until a few months ago, I was a boarding student at Yancy Academy, a private school for troubled kids in upstate New York. The Lightning Thief by R. Riordan What point of view is this written from?
What is the first person?
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These nouns are in the following sentence Rex fell out the window.
What are Rex and Window?
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I've been working like a dog. What type of figurative language is this an example of?
What is a simile?
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Edward Lee's alarm clock Is always on the fritz He lays it out upon the floor In many different bits. This passage an example of it.
What is poetry or a poem? remember that not all poems rhyme but a lot of them do
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What punctuation marks do we use to show that someone is speaking?
What are quotation marks? remember that we use quotation marks to indicate dialogue when writing
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If someone says "hello" to me, I suddenly feel so shy. Instead of waving back at them, I hide my face and walk on by. The Way I Feel by J. Cain This poem is written in this point of view.
What is the first person?
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This is the adjective in the following sentence Would Rex like a giant hamburger?
What is giant?
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The cat was a shadow when it stalked its prey.
What is a metaphor remember that metaphors compare things but do not use like or as
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Science textbooks are good examples of this type of genre
What is nonfiction?
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I love to rockclimb hike and swim when we go to the lake. This sentence needs this punctuation
What are commas in a series?
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If his friends wanted to go fishing, P.J. wanted to go swimming. No matter what his friends wanted to do, P.J. always had to have his own way. P.J. the Spoiled Bunny by M. Sadler What point of view is this passage written from?
What is the third person?
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The pink dress floated lazily on the old clothesline. These adjectives are in this sentence.
What are pink and old?
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When it was his turn to bat, he felt like he had butterflies in his stomach. What type of figurative language is this an example of?
What is an idiom?
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A baseball player writes a non fiction book about himself. This is the genre the book is written in.
What is an autobiography?
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This punctuation goes on the end of a sentence spoken with urgency or excitement.
What is an exclamation mark or exclamation point?
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Early the next morning, Betsy packed her lunch pail with two helpings of Mom's pies. Then she led the sheep up Rosenrise. Betsy Who Cried Wolf! by G.C. Levine
What is the third person?
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The cat and dog chased each other all over the playground and field. What is the compound subject in this sentence?
What are cat and dog?
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What type of figurative language is demonstrated in the following sentence? His eyes burn like steady flames. Eyes of Gray Wolf by J. London
What is a simile? remember that similes and metaphors are great ways to write 'show' don't 'tell' sentences
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It is a story about animals that act like people. There is usually a moral at the end.
What is a fable?
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3 things we do when writing dialogue to show that someone is speaking.
What is start a new line, indent, and use quotation marks?