Revising and Editing
The people hung 280 lanterns on the tree’s branches lighting up the night sky.
A. Change 280 to two-hundred-eighty
B. Change tree’s to trees
C. Add a comma after branches
D. Change night to nightly
C. Add a comma after branches
a message or lesson the poet/author is trying to show you in their writing
Theme
"We were diamonds in the night."
Is an example of
Metaphor
Which tone is represented in the following passage? Wow! With a top speed of one hundred fifty miles per hour, that car can almost fly!
A. Calm
B. Annoyed
C. Scary
D. Excited
D. Excited
How many bones are in the human body?
206
If Jackson High adopts a dress code the students won’t be able to express themselves.
A. Change if to because
B. Add a comma after code
C. Change students to students’
D. Change themselves to theirselves
B. Add a comma after code
A word or phrase that creates a bridge between two ideas is called a:
Transition
giving human-like characteristics to non-human things or abstract ideas
Personification
Which tone is represented in the following passage? She delicately placed the cooing baby on a soft, freshly cleaned blanket.
A. Calm
B. Annoyed
C. Scary
D. Excited
A. Calm
Solve the Analogy:
warm : hot :: ______ : hilarious
A. humid B. raucous C. summer D. amusing
D. Amusing
The narrator describes her mother’s belief that you can be anything you want to be in America even famous.
you add a comma after
A. describes B. belief C. be D. America
D. America
the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc
Tone
As big as an elephant
Is an example of....
Simile
Which tone is represented in the following passage? As that hurricane threatened, the wind's blast caused angry fifteen-foot waves to crash over the small houses near the shore.
A. Calm
B. Annoyed
C. Scary
D. Excite
C. Scary
Solve the Analogy:
Ms. Perez : seniors :: _______ : freshmen
Mr. Shepard
Ms. Jillian our science teacher, has assigned us an exciting new project.
What Change needs to be made?
A. Insert a comma before our
B. Remove comma after teacher
C. Change science to sceince
D. Make no change
A. Insert a comma before our
a state of affairs or an event that seems deliberately contrary to what one expects and is often amusing as a result
Irony
The sky misses the sun at night
Personification
Which tone is represented in the following passage? Ugh! Do I really have to sit through another boring lecture on data entry again?
A. Calm
B. Annoyed
C. Scary
D. Excited
B. Annoyed
How many Fast and Furious movies have been made?
10
For many years, dr. Irene Pepperberg has been working with parrots.
F. Change For to After
G. Delete the comma after years
H. Change dr. to Dr.
J. Make no change
H. Change dr. to Dr.
This sentence includes your answer to the question, or your claim. It should be included in your introduction.
Thesis statement
Using the image of the American flag to represent patriotism and a love for one's country is an example of .......
Symbolism
What is the tone of the following passage? The alarm buzzed. Jordan smashed her fist down on it--hard. It flew off the nightstand and bounced off her cat, Armstrong. The cat yowled indignantly and rocketed out the room.
A. Eerie
B. Sarcastic
C. Passionate
D. Humorous
D. Humorous
What fictional town does Spongebob live in?
Bikini Bottom