Commas
What is between park and and.
The girl's dog ran away.
What is possession. (the girl of the dog)
What is this an example of?
The boys eyes were as blue as the sky.
What is a simile.
What type of text structure is the following?
Dogs and cats are both great pets! They are both mammals, and can have very soft fur.
(compare, contrast, problem & solution, sequence or process, chronological, cause & effect, or description)
What is compare.
What point of view is the following?
I saw the ship leaving port. It made tears well up in my eyes.
(first, second, third person limited, third person omniscient)
What is first person.
How many commas does the following sentence need?
At the store I need peas carrots and beef.
What is 3.
What does the following contraction break out into?
should've
What is should have.
Give an example of a metaphor.
Ex: The sun is an orange ball in the sky.
What is the following text structure an example of?
First, take out the bread. Then, spread some peanut butter on it. Then, add jelly to the other piece. Lastly, put the two pieces of bread together.
(compare, contrast, problem & solution, sequence or process, chronological, cause & effect, or description)
What is sequence or process.
What point of view is the following?
Ella ran after Tom. Tom ran after Ella. Tom and Ella both liked each other.
(first, second, third person limited, third person objective, third person omniscient)
Which comma does not belong?
Yesterday, I wanted to drive to Tennessee, but the weather, kept me from traveling.
What is after weather.
Is the following usage correct?
The dog licked its wound.
Yes, it's correct!
What is this an example of?
The wind whispered through the trees.
(simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom)
What is personification.
What type of sentence structure is the following?
A tornado came through and the houses were destroyed.
(compare, contrast, problem & solution, sequence or process, chronological, cause & effect, or description)
What is cause & effect.
What point of view is the following?
You must not continue to read this. You need to put this book down immediately...
(first, second, third person limited, third person objective, third person omniscient)
What is second person.
Where does a comma belong in the following sentence?
After the fall, Stephanie the best student in class, got right back up.
How do we say the dogs of the boys? (with the apostrophe in the correct place)
What is...boys' dogs
What is this an example of?
The boy asks the same questions a million times.
(simile, metaphor, personification, hyperbole, idiom)
What is hyperbole.
What is the following sentence structure?
I was born on December 23, 1986. I graduated high school in 2004, and from college in 2008.
(compare, contrast, problem & solution, sequence or process, chronological, cause & effect, or description)
What is chronological.
This point of view offers feelings and thoughts by only one character.
(first, second, third person limited, third person objective, third person omniscient)
What is third person limited.
What is the following, between the commas, called?
Tom, a GED teacher, had laryngitis.
What is an appositive.
How do we correctly say the toys of the children? (with the apostrophe in the correct place)
What is children's toys
What does the following idiom mean?
Hold your horses!
What is...Wait!
What is the following text structure?
There is so much waste in the landfills. One way we can reduce this waste is to begin to compost. Another thing people can do is properly recycle.
(compare, contrast, problem & solution, sequence or process, chronological, cause & effect, or description)
What is problem and solution.
This point of view offers the thoughts and feelings of all characters.
(first, second, third person limited, third person objective, third person omniscient)
What is third person omniscient.