Grammatically Correct
A person, place, or thing that starts with a lower case letter.
What is a common noun?
Is, am, are, was, were, be, being, been.
What are linking verbs or state of being verbs?
A verb form ending in -ing that is used as a noun.
What is a gerund?
QAR stands for this.
What is Question Answer Relationship?
Sarcasm is also known as this.
What is Verbal Irony?
These words take the position and function of a noun and are non-specific. For instance: she, he, it, they, we, us, you, I, etc.
What is a pronoun?
Words that describe verbs or adjectives; they often end in -ly and answer questions such as When? How much? How often? To What Extent?
What are adverbs?
A verb form ending in -ing that is used as an adjective.
What is a participle?
The answers to these questions are found in the text. The answer is found in more than one place, consists of multiple details, and may involve a sequencing of events.
What is a Think and Search question?
The CEO of a major television network doesn't own or watch TV and thinks books are far more entertaining.
What is Situational Irony?
A specific person, place, or thing that starts with a capital letter.
What is a proper noun?
These words always start a prepositional phrase and show direction or signal additional information. (i.e. around, into, before, against, under, between, etc.)
What are prepositions?
A verb with the word "to" in front of it.
What is an Infinitive?
The answers to these questions are found in the text. The answer is found in one place and you can point to it with one finger.
What are Right There questions?
A skyscraper window cleaner who is afraid of heights.
What is an example of Situational Irony?
Words that describe nouns. For instance: beautiful, fragrant, delicious, sharp, cold, etc.
The noun or pronoun at the end of a prepositional phrase.
What is an object?
Shows the emotion or feeling of the author; these words or phrases can stand alone or be placed before or after a sentence. They are often followed by a punctuation mark; often an exclamation point.
What is an interjection?
The answers to these questions combine what you've read with what you know. The answer is found in your head and may ask you to make a prediction or analyze a text.
What are Author and You questions?
The Titanic was declared 100% unsinkable. On it's first voyage out to sea, it sank.
What is an example of Cosmic Irony?
Action words; things you can physically do.
What are action verbs?
A word used to connect clauses or to coordinate words in the same clause. (i.e. for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so)
What is a conjunction?
There are only two of them (a/the); they are used as adjectives that signal an upcoming noun
What is an article?
The answer to these questions are found in your head. You DO NOT have to read the text to answer them and they are merely related to a non-specific aspect of the text.
What are On My Own Questions?
In The Lion King, Simba thinks it's his fault that his father, Mufasa, dies, but the audience knows it is his uncle, Scar, who orchestrated the death of Mufasa.
What is an example of Dramatic Irony?