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Direct/Indirect Objects
Subject/Predicate
Attention Grabbers
Essay Writing
Using Words
100
The direct object in the sentence, "Sarah found a box hidden under her bed."
What is "a box?"
100
The HORSE galloped away.
What is the simple subject?
100
The most important paragraph for capturing the readers' attention in a 5-paragraph essay.
What is the topic or intro paragraph?
100
The number of supporting paragraphs in a 5-paragraph essay.
What is 3?
100
Synonyms include colossal, enormous, gigantic, and prodigious.
What is big?
200
The indirect object in the sentence, "The grandfather told the children old folktales."
What is "the children"?
200
The cat PLAYED WITH THE BALL OF STRING UNDER THE CHAIR.
What is the complete predicate?
200
"I was 11 when I found the magic key that changed my life," is an example of what time of grabbing opener.
What is a mystery statement?
200
The person to whom you are writing your essay.
What is the audience?
200
These types of nouns are usually capitalized and refer to the name of a person or place.
What are proper nouns?
300
The direct object in the sentence, "John played basketball in his backyard with Eric."
What is "basketball"?
300
The complete predicate in the following sentence: The dusty book fell off the table and onto the floor.
What is "fell off the table and onto the floor"?
300
"Crash!" is an example of this.
What is onomatopoeia?
300
In Mrs. Meslar's Ba Da Bing analogy, the BA, the DA, and the Bing stand for these.
What are "Where were you?", "What did you see?", and "What were you thinking?"
300
These types of nouns are not able to be observed by the senses. (Ex. love, hatred, fear, jealousy, hope)
What are abstract nouns?
400
The noun (who or what) receiving an action.
What is a direct object?
400
The word or group of words that is doing the action of the verb.
What is the subject?
400
A question that you don't really expect an answer to.
What is a rhetorical question?
400
In a five-paragraph essay, the 3 body paragraphs should be ordered this way. (least to greatest importance or greatest to least important)
What is least to greatest?
400
the plural of "library" (spell the word)
What is L-I-B-R-A-R-I-E-S?
500
The word "community" in the following sentence: Mr. Ryder will build the community a new gym.
What is an indirect object (the person or thing for which the action is done)?
500
The subject of the following sentence: Don't jump on the couch!
What is "you"--it is an implied subject.
500
"My dad is a teddy-bear," is an example of this.
What is a metaphor?
500
R, F, C, CA, and RE stand for this in a persuasive essay body paragraph.
What is Reason, Fact, Comment (on the fact), Counter-Argument, and Rebuttal?
500
The past, present, and future tenses of the verb "to study"
What are studied, studies, will study?