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Angela wasn`t sure whether to take Billy or Sam with her to the concert. Whichever friend she took, the other was sure to be jealous and CROSS.
What does CROSS mean?
Compares two things using like or as.
What is simile
I love going to baseball games they are so much fun.
The incorrect sentence above is an example of what type of sentence? A sentence, fragment, or run on.
What is a run on sentence?
Which word matches this definition? The quality or feeling of being thankful a.) gratitude b.) marvelous c.) exceptional
What is exceptional?
Eat Fresh
What is Subway?
An elephant`s most DISTINCTIVE feature is its trunk. The long, snake-like trunk enables the elephant to smell, but it can also grab, hold, and pick things up.
What does DISCTINCTIVE mean?
What is special?
Jane sat in awe as the stars danced across the night sky.
What is personification?
A word that describes a noun?
Which word matches this definition? An area surrounded mostly by homes a.) residential b.) resemble c.) accustomed
What is residential?
What is Burger King?
Ligers are only born in places like zoos. They`re the OFFSPRING of a male lion and a female tiger.
What does OFFSPRING mean?
What is children?
Read the sentence. Tell what figurative language is found here. The flower was soft as silk. a.) simile b.) personification c.) hyperbole
What is a simile?
This type of word is a person place or thing.
What is a noun?
Which word matches this definition? To consume destructively a.) crevices b.) devour c.) adaptation
What is devour?
Eat Mor Chikin
What is Chick-Fil-A?
Most of Antarctica is covered in ice. In some places, it`s a mile thick. Even so, Antarctica is actually CLASSIFIED as a desert. That`s because it gets very little rain.
What does CLASSIFIED mean?
What is the category that it is in.
"Oh no....AH-CHOO! Sniffle, I need a tissue please." a.) onomatopoeia b.) idiom c.) personification
What is onomatopeoia?
The sloth may stay in the tree all day.
The helping verb in the sentence above is _____.
What is may?
What is dependent?
Think Outside the Bun
What is Taco Bell?
What can people do to help places they go every day become friendlier to the environment? Large buildings are often hard on the environment. The good news is that there are many ways even the biggest OFFENDERS can make improvements.
What does OFFENDERS mean?
What are people who are guilty of something?
Read the sentence. Tell what figurative language is found here. "Could you please put a sock in it? I'm trying to focus!" a.) idiom b.) metaphor c.) hyperbole
What is an idiom?
Where are you going? Which words in this sentence are VERBS?
What are ARE and GOING?
Which word matches this definition? To move along heavily or clumsily a.) whiffling b.) galumphing c.) gyre
What is galumphing?
Eatin' Good in the Neighborhood
What is Applebees?