Comma Rules
When school ends today at 3:15 p.m. we will play soccer.
When school ends today, at 3:15 p.m., we will play soccer.
Giving human-like qualities to a non-human thing.
Personification
"Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary"
Alliteration
What all-female group was Beyonce formerly a part of?
Destiney's Child
Name the only married couple who are BOTH on the Marist faculty.
Mr. Brant and Mrs. Zulato
If I don't wake up on time I will be in trouble.
If I don't wake up on time, I will be in trouble.
A comparison of things using like or as.
Simile
"Raised in the woods so he knew ev’ry tree."
Hyperbole
X Æ A-12 is the name of which celebrity child?
Elon Musk
How many bones are in the human body?
206
"Please do not speak to me that way" exclaimed Dana "it is insulting."
"Please do not speak to me that way," exclaimed Dana, "it is insulting."
Repetition of similar sounds at the beginning of words.
alliteration
“Hark, hark!
Bow-wow.
The watch-dogs bark!
Bow-wow."
Onomateopoeia
Who headlined this year's super bowl?
The Weekend
What movie did Taylor Swift make her acting debut in?
Valentine's day
Karen my brother's girlfriend attends Northwestern University.
Karen, my brother's girlfriend, attends Northwestern University.
The intended emotional effect or the "feeling" of a poem.
Mood
Life is pain, highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something.
Metaphor
What female pop star burned down her home gym with candles?
Britney Spears
Name all the U.S. states that start with "M"?
In five minutes the building will be closed. "If we do not leave now we will be late" said Timmy. "Ok we can go now" I told him.
In five minutes, the building will be closed. "If we do not leave now, we will be late," said Timmy. "Ok, we can go now," I told him.
Poetry that does not follow a specific meter or rhyme scheme.
Free Verse
If you can boogaloo
boogaloo
I can do
the boogaloo too
for I’m the boogiest
hopaloo kangaroo
assonance
Who is not one of the Kardashian children?
Saint
North
Chicago
George
Mason
Penelope
Psalm
Dream
Who is currently the richest man in the world?
Elon Musk