Reading
"Many people enjoy visiting national parks because they offer a chance to connect with nature. Visitors can hike through forests, see wild animals, and enjoy beautiful views. Spending time outdoors also helps people feel relaxed and refreshed."
Identify a supporting detail
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What type of verb is in this sentence?
"Cora stood in the hallway of the school with her friends."
Intransitive
What is the punctuation in this word called?
Bella's
Apostrophe
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Similes use "like" and "as", metaphors do not
What is the problem with this sentence?
"He live in Chengdu, the best city for eat spicy food."
The verbs are not conjugated correctly.
Who is the narrator in this paragraph?
I saw my friend Robert playing basketball. Unfortunately, he was losing badly. Claire, his opponent, had just finished dribbling past him when she topped and called out to me, "Hi, April!"
April
Secret Treasure!
Guess a number between 1-20, closest team wins! If there is a tie, both win!
19
What punctuation do we use for emphasis in a sentence?
Colon
What literary element is this an example of?
"In the hospital Mrs. Carmody died of cancer; at the same time, at the university, Dr. King continued working on a cure to save her life."
Dramatic Irony
Find the antecedents:
Something was wrong, and as the monster emerged the people screamed. It hunted them down, tearing through walls like they were paper.
Monster, people, walls
"As the woman entered the room, the crowd fell silent. One man in the back of the room continued talking, and someone else sternly told him to be quiet. The woman's bodyguard pushed in front of her, clearing a path. She walked regally, and as she passed the crowd fell to their knees."
What can you infer about this woman?
She is someone very important and very respected. Maybe a queen?
What is the indirect object in this ditransitive sentence?
"He taught his parents the most difficult lesson of their lives: how to leave him alone."
Parents
What types of punctuation can we use to connect two independent clauses?
Colons, semicolons, and commas
What is this an example of:
"The scorching lava spilled from the volcano, eradicating the defenseless forest in a hellish, smoky, pungent conflagration."
Diction
What character type uses juxtaposition?
Foil
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Jamal stared at the clock, the ticking growing louder with each passing second. He wished the test would start already so he could stop imagining all the ways he might fail. Around him, other students chatted and laughed, but Jamal hardly noticed. All he could think about was the sinking feeling in his stomach and whether he had studied enough."
What point-of-view does this paragraph use?
Third-person limited
Which of these uses "flying" as a verb?
a. The flying bird looked like an angel. b. The plane had been flying for 12 hours and everyone was hungry. c. His favorite thing is flying to the moon in his dreams. d. Flying, dying, and crying: she didn't want to do any of them.
b. The plane had been flying for 12 hours and everyone was hungry.
(perfect continuous)
Fix the punctuation in this sentence:
At 300 I didnt want to study instead I went to play video games.
At 3:00 I didn't want to study; instead, I went to play video games.
Create a sentence with hyperbole and personification
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How many noun clauses does this sentence have?
"What she believes about success is that hard work can defeat anything, which is something that motivates her even more when she works harder than usual because she wants to prove herself."
Two noun clauses! (and two adverb clauses, and one adjective clause)
The teacher's erudite speech covered definitions, examples, hypotheticals, and problems. Even though the topic was university-level, he was able to answer all of our difficult questions and we left feeling that we understood the topic.
Using context, what does erudite mean?
Well-educated, highly knowledgeable.
Tell me a verb that can be used as an intransitive, transitive, and ditransitive verb, then give me examples of each.
Example: "Give": He gave generously, he gave a speech, he gave me a new jacket.
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10
What is the difference between a theme and a topic?
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What type of sentence is this? Give both answers (eg. interrogative and compound)
"I looked out from the roof while the city innocents slept; I was Batman and crime was afoot."
Declarative and compound-complex