Pronouns
Identify the vague pronoun:
Molly hit Susan, and she ran away.
What is she.
People often refer to taxes in terms of their being much too high. In reality, they are probably even higher than you think, because in addition to the federal income tax we are now studying, there are many other Federal, State, and local taxes, including sales taxes, inheritance taxes, state income taxes, personal property taxes, real estate taxes, and others. These are just some of the most obvious ones.
a. Taxes are much too high.
b. We pay more taxes than we may realize.
c. Inheritance taxes and real estate taxes are unfair. d. Some taxes are hidden.
What is B
What is theme?
What is the central message or lesson
Identify what type of figurative language in the sentence: This coffee shop is an ice box!
What is a metaphor.
What is the connotation of these words:
picky, manic, and crammed
What is negative.
Identify the possessive pronoun:
The money was really theirs for the taking.
What is theirs.
The Louisiana Purchase proved to be one of the shrewdest business pacts in the entire history of the United States. The purchase doubled in the area of the country and provided territory from which fourteen new states were created either wholly or in part. It also gave us control over the mouth of the Mississippi River and opened up the way to foreign trade. Prior to the purchase, the waterway had been blocked by the Spanish, probably with the approval of Napoleon. The land that was bought was rich in timber, minerals, and natural resources of many kinds. Finally, the cost of the transaction was unbelievably low; the total of $15 million amounted to about four cents an acre.
a. The Louisiana Purchase was a very good business deal for the U.S.
b. The land bought by the Louisiana Purchase was rich in minerals.
c. The land bought by the Louisiana Purchase was very cheap.
d. Most Americans were very pleased with the purchase.
What is A
What is the word, phrase, or clause that a pronoun can replace?
What is an antecedent.
What kind of figurative language is in the sentence:
John was pleased when opportunity knocked on the door.
What is personification.
What is the connotation of the underlined word:
Jenny's graduation speech took an unpleasant turn.
What is negative.
identify and fix the error:
As we walked into the neighborhood, you could hear the noise coming from the park.
What is you should be we.
The attitudes of Americans toward gambling are amazingly contradictory. You may find, for example, that horse racing is legal in your state, but that you cannot legally play poker for money on your front porch; bookies may be prosecuted by state law, but they are supposed to purchase a federal license nonetheless; one church condemns gambling, while another raises money by sponsoring Bingo games. Gambling laws are inconsistent from state to state or even from town to town and are very difficult to enforce.
a. Americans have negative attitudes toward gambling.
b. Gambling laws are difficult to enforce
c. Gambling laws are inconsistent from community to community.
d. Churches do not have uniform ideas about gambling.
What is C
This literary genre criticizes or ridicules aspects of society through its writing.
What is satire?
What kind of figurative language is present: The burning wood hissed and crackled under the starry sky.
What is onomatopoeia.
What word gives this sentence a negative connotation:
Every morning my neighbor takes his mutt to the park. It always barks loudly when leaving the building.
What is mutt
Find and correct the error:
When she asked about the job, she was told that in order to quality you had to take an examination online.
What is you should be she.
The fact that electronic computers are now used for data processing has led the general public to believe that it is a mysterious, complicated science and that the computers are giant brains. Both of these ideas are false. A computer is basically just a high-speed adding machine that performs the functions it is told to. If the input data are varied even a little, the computer is unable to operate until it is programmed to accept the variations. The business operations it performs are impressive only because of the extremely high speed of manipulation, but most of these operations have been used for decades. Unlike man, the computer performs repetitive calculations without getting tired or bored.
a. A computer is a high-speed adding machine.
b. A computer is a mysterious giant brain.
c. A computer is impressive because of its high speed.
d. A computer is superior to man in many ways.
What is A
What does it mean to cite evidence?
What is to look back into the text for evidence to support an idea, answer a question or make a claim.
What type of figurative language is present:
Back in my day I had to walk 115 miles to school in the snow, uphill, in nothing but a t-shirt and flip flops.
What is hyperbole.
What is the connotation of this sentence? What word(s) let you know?
Bob is bullheaded sometimes, but he always gets the job done.
What is negative and bullheaded.
Find and correct the error:
If someone wants a new job, they should fill out applications online.
What is they should be he or she
There is a common belief that while the dog is man’s best friend, the coyote is his worst enemy. The bad reputation of the coyote traces back to his fondness for small animals; he hunts at night and is particularly destructive to sheep, young pigs, and poultry. Yet it is sometimes wise to encourage coyotes. Provided valuable farm animals are protected, the coyote will often free the property of other animals, like rabbits, which are ruinous to crops and certain trees. He is especially beneficial in keeping down the rodent population. Where coyotes have been allowed to do their work without molestation, ranchers and fruit growers have found them so valuable that they would no more shoot them than they would shoot their dogs.
a. Under certain conditions the coyote is helpful to man.
b. The coyote is feared because of his fondness for small animals
c. Modern ranchers would no sooner shoot coyotes than they would shoot dogs.
d. The coyote usually prefers rabbits and other rodents to sheep and poultry
What is A.
What is imagery?
Identify what type(s) of figurative language in the sentence: I told Monica that the sky misses the sun at night. Her head was spinning from all the new information. But, she was as happy as a clam.
What are: personification, hyperbole, and simile.
The blueberry is very blue.
Does this sentence depict connotation or denotation?
What is denotation.