Malala
How old was Malala when she got shot?
15 years old
Can you have more than one punctuation mark in a sentence?
yes
What is the type of this sentence?
"The cat sat on the mat."
simple sentence
what is an idiom?
A phrase that people say but should not be used litterally like "It's raining cats and dogs" which means it raining really hard.
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, or thing.
Who was all in Malala's family?
Mom, Dad, and her two brothers
When a sentence is exciting, what do you add to the end of it?
Exclamation point
What is the type of this sentence?
"Although it was raining, we went for a walk."
Complex sentence
what is personification?
An attribution of something nonhuman does a human thing like the trees danced in the wind.
What is a verb?
A verb is an action word.
What record did Malala break when she won the Nobel Peace Prize?
The youngest person to ever achieve the Nobel Peace Prize
What do you put at the end of a sentence if it is a question?
Question mark
What is the type of this sentence?
"This house is too expensive, and that house is too small."
What is a simile?
comparing 2 things using like or as.
example: As busy as a bee
What is a pronoun
Words that take the place of a noun like "Bob changed to his"
Why did the Taliban shut down girls' schools?
They believed they were becoming westernized and that girls don't need school
What do you put at the end of a sentence when you are stating something?
Period
what is the type of this sentence?
"While the sun was shining, the birds sang sweetly, and the children played happily in the park."
Compound complex sentence
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two things without using like or as.
Example: She has a heart of gold
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
How do you spell Malala's last name?
Y-o-u-s-a-f-z-a-i
What do you put in a sentence after you copy the exact word from a text?
Quotation marks
what are the 4 sentence types?
declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory
What is a hyperbole?
An extreme exaggeration
Example: I'm so hungry I could eat a horse
What is a preposition?
A preposition is where something lands or is.