Grammar Police
Which sentence is grammatically incorrect? Extra 50 points, if you explain why.
A. Me and my sister went to see our little brother’s high school graduation.
B. John and I are going to treat you all to dinner tonight.
C. Can you meet Sarah and me at Target later?
A. Me and my sister went to see our little brother’s high school graduation.
(Don't know when to use I or me? Take out the other subject and pick whichever sounds better.)
The character or force in conflict with a main character
What is antagonist?
Grouped lines in a poem
What is a stanza?
What are the three elements that are included in every introduction paragraph?
What is hook, background information, and thesis statement?
Identify the type of figurative language: "John's answer to the problem was just a Band-Aid, not a solution."
What is a metaphor?
Which sentence uses commas correctly? Extra 50 points, if you explain why.
A. No, I don’t think it’s a good idea to start your essay the day before it’s due.
B. I ate an ice cream cone, and a piece of cake.
C. I’m bringing my favorite snacks, bug spray and a beach chair.
A. No, I don’t think it’s a good idea to start your essay the day before it’s due.
The overall, worldly lesson that can be learned from the story; a repeated idea or lesson in a literary text and often deals with abstract questions, beliefs, or truths
What is theme?
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poem? Roses are red
Violets are blue
I need the answers to the test
Can I get it from you?
What is A, B, C, B.
How the author creates the passage and puts it together (ex. cause and effect, sequencing, problem-solution, etc.)
What is author's organization?
Identify the type of figurative language: "Micaela and I are going to hang out and shoot the breeze before the movie since we arrived early to the theater."
What is an idiom?
Which sentence uses an apostrophe correctly? Extra 50 points, if you explain why.
A. Please pick up some banana’s at the grocery store.
B. Who’s cell phone is on the table here?
C. Please fill the cats’ food bowl—Tiger and Fluffy won’t stop meowing at me!
C. Please fill the cats’ food bowl—Tiger and Fluffy won’t stop meowing at me!
Written conversation between two or more characters and identifiable by quotation marks
What is dialogue?
The feeling or atmosphere created in the reader by a literary work or passage
What is mood?
Explain the three main types of POVs.
1st person: From the perspective of one character who will describe actions using ''I'' and ''me.'' For instance, they might say, ''I was thirteen years old when the war began.''
2nd person: Less common; it uses the pronoun ''you'' and addresses the reader directly. A second-person point of view story might say, ''You were thirteen years old when the war began.''
3rd person: Has a narrator describing the actions of characters within the story: ''He was thirteen years old when the war began.''
Identify the figurative language: "The thunder clapped angrily in the distance."
What is personification?
Which of the following changes makes this sentence correct? Extra 50 points, if you explain why.
“The kids who meet up at the playground to play on the swings, climb on the jungle gym, and try the monkey bars.”
A. The kids who meet up at the playground, play on the swings, climb on the jungle gym, and try the monkey bars.
B. The kids meet up at the playground to play on the swings, climb on the jungle gym, and try the monkey bars.
C. The kids meeting up at the playground to play on the swings, climb on the jungle gym, and try the monkey bars.
B. The kids meet up at the playground to play on the swings, climb on the jungle gym, and try the monkey bars.
Draw a plot diagram, and label the five sections.
What is exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution?
A reflection of a writer's or speaker's attitude toward a subject of a poem, story, or other literary work
What is tone?
Write a thesis statement for the following prompt:
Should students be given more completion grades? Why or why not?
Remember to restate the prompt, show your side, and provide at least 2 reasons.
Extra 100 points, if you say what type of essay this would be.
Argumentative Essay
Students should be given more completion grades because blah blah blah and yada yada yada.
or
Students should not be given more completion grades because blah blah blah and yada yada yada.
Identify the figurative language: "Her hair was as soft as a spider web."
What is a simile?
Label the parts of speech for the following:
Word bank:
Pronouns Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs
1. Karl, stapler, boy, store, love, and hamster
2. Quietly, above, yesterday, too, very, and rarely
3. Red, dependent, more, three, funny, these, and old
4. I, she, we, me, us, mine, yours, and someone
5. Love, is, was, am, are, hit, move, and run
Pronouns: 4. I, she, we, me, us, mine, yours, and someone
Nouns: 1. Karl, stapler, boy, store, love, and hamster
Verbs: 5. Love, is, was, am, are, hit, move, and run
Adjectives: 3. Red, dependent, more, three, funny, these, and old
Adverbs: 2. Quietly, above, yesterday, too, very, and rarely
Explain what a linear and non-linear plot is.
Linear: A plot that has a beginning, middle, and end, and is composed of five identifiable parts: introduction, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
Non-linear: The plot of a story that does not go in typical time order; contains flashbacks or future visions.
Words used in an imaginative way to express ideas that are not literally true
What is figurative language?
What are the two types of essays you have written this year? How many paragraphs are in each and list the names of the paragraphs.
What is argumentative and informational?
Argumentative has 5 paragraphs (Intro, body #1, body #2, counterargument, and conclusion.)
Informational has 4 paragraphs (Intro, body #1, body #2, and conclusion.)
Identify the figurative language: "Alice's aunt ate apples and acorns around August."
What is alliteration?