Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
Although the rehearsals were rocky, the show itself went quite smoothly.
Reflexive or Intensive?
What is an INTENSIVE pronoun?
As quiet as a mouse.
What kind of figurative language?
What is a SIMILE?
You are my rock.
What kind of figurative language is this?
What is a METAPHOR?
Every narrative starts with this, in order to hook the reader to read more.
What is an ATTENTION-GRABBER?
A person, place, thing, idea, or animal.
What is a NOUN?
The flying squirrel launches itself from a high branch to glide to the next tree.
Reflexive or Intensive?
What is a REFLEXIVE pronoun.
Lightning danced across the sky.
What kind of figurative language is this?
What is PERSONIFICATION?
My alarm clock yells at me to get out of bed in the morning.
What kind of figurative language is this?
When a character speaks in a story, marked with quotation marks.
What is DIALOGUE?
Used to describe or modify a noun or pronoun.
What part of speech is this?
What is an ADJECTIVE?
The submarine robots explored the ocean floor themselves.
Reflexive or Intensive?
What is a REFLEXIVE pronoun?
I dropped the slice of pizza and it hit the ground with a SPLAT!
What type of figurative language is this?
What is an ONOMATOPOEIA?
That library holds a trillion books, we'll never find the right one!
What kind of figurative language is this?
What is a HYPERBOLE?
What is the part of the story that introduces the characters and the setting?
What is the EXPOSITION?
Word used before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.
What part of speech is this?
What is a PREPOSITION?
I imagine myself as a famous film director in the future.
Reflexive or Intensive?
What is a REFLEXIVE pronoun?
I have a million things to do today!
What kind of figurative language is this?
What kind of figurative language is used here?
What is an ONOMATOPOEIA?
The last sentence in the introduction, reveals the main topic of the essay.
What is a THESIS STATEMENT?
Words that connect words, phrases, or clauses.
HINT: FANBOYS
What part of speech is this?
What is a CONJUNCTION?
The mayor herself addressed the students.
Reflexive or Intensive?
What is an INTENSIVE pronoun?
The silly silver surfers save their sandwiches so superheroes won't sniff them.
What kind of figurative language is this?
What is ALLITERATION?
He was as skinny as a stick!
What kind of figurative language is this?
What is a SIMILE, or a HYPERBOLE?
When you end the story with an increase of conflict.
What is a CLIFFHANGER?
A word or phrase that expresses something in a sudden or exclamatory way, especially an emotion.
What part of speech is this?
What is an INTERJECTION?