Vocabulary
What does the word "convey" mean?
To tell, to show
Simile or Metaphor: She is sweet as pie.
What is simile
picked a pack of pickled peppers is an example of...
What is a fragment
Intensive or Reflexive: The teacher taught the class herself.
Intensive
Which sentence contains a pronoun error?
1.The pilot herself was glad that the long flight was finally finished.
2. The students theirselves will attend the game.
3. The weather itself was not enough to cancel the game.
Sentence 2
What is point of view?
The author's attitude, feelings, opinions towards an event, a place, or person.
metaphor
Where did you go on vacation? is an example of what kind of sentence?
What is interrogative
Identify the pronoun and tell if it is subjective, objective, possessive: His sneakers do not fit anymore.
His, possessive
Which sentence contains an error in verb tense? 1. Last year our teacher assigned us the task of making a class book. 2. We complete the last few pages before the book was due. 3. The only piece that remained unfinished was the cover. 4. Max volunteered to design it, but he never finished it.
Sentence 2
What is the difference between provide evidence and provide details?
Provide evidence means to use the author's exact words. Provide details means to put the author's words in my own words.
Maria is full from dinner she will wait to have her dessert is an example of a ____________.
What is runon
Fix the error.
They don't know how to was there hair.
their
Locate the pronoun error: Mom enjoys watching movies that make you cry.
change you to her
What does RACE stand for?
Restate the question, answer the question, cite evidence, explain evidence, sum it up
What is personifcation
What is personification Giving a nonhuman object, human like qualities.
Fix the sentence...
Noah goes to wattsburg area middle school. He plays football soccer and volleyball.
Wattsburg Area Middle School (proper nouns are capitalized)
Commas in between the sports
Fix the error.
I made a salad. It had lettuce tomato and croutons.
commas
Fix the sentence:
Lily's sister maria is starting her own bakery featuring all nature-themed desserts?
1. capitalize Maria - proper noun
2. comma after sister and after Maria
3. period at the end
What does it mean to analyze something?
Break it down, tell about it
What type of figurative language exaggerates an idea?
What is hyperbole
Identify the types of sentences: Keep going! You're almost done! Run faster.
Imperative and exclamatory
What is the correct spelling of arggumentative?
argumentative
What does an essay include?
Introduction
Body paragraphs (races)
Conclusion