Horse Snake Vocabulary
Bats are ______________ creatures. This means they are active at night.
nocturnal
What type of Imagery is used in this sentence, "It was dark and dim in the forest?"
Sight
Put these sentences in order: 1. buy the ingredients 2. find a recipe 3. bake the cake 4. mix the ingredients 5. ice the cake
What is 2, 1, 4, 3, 5
What do you call sentences that are "broken" or missing a subject or predicate?
What is the setting of the story The Horse Snake?
A jungle in Vietnam
Spiders _________ Mrs. Drake. This means they paralyze her with fear.
petrify
What type of Imagery is used in this sentence? "He whiffed the aroma of brewed coffee?"
Smell
Chronological order and sequencing are similar because they both refer to _________________.
Putting events in order
Two or more sentences joined together without any punctuation.
***DAILY DOUBLE***
How can you fix a run on? (Identify 2 ways)
What words help you determine the type of imagery in the sentence "The juicy orange is cold and sweet"
juicy, cold, sweet
*Bonus*
What senses does the sentence appeal to?
The boy walked with a steady gait. What is a gait?
manner of walking or moving
Imagery is language that appeals to the ____________
5 senses
Identify the signal words in this sentence.
After we went to the store we went home. Then we set up for the party. Finally, we cooked food and waited fro the people to arrive.
What is: after, then, finally
Fix the sentence with a period: My brother likes cats my mom and sisters like dogs.
My brother likes cats. My mom and sisters like dogs.
***DAILY DOUBLE***
Before fixing, the sentence was a __________.
In The Horse Snake, the family friend is scared because he
a. sees a thief stealing fish b. finds a dead horse c. hears a buffalo horn d. hears a snake hissing
D
The robbers moved secretly and sneakily throughout the house. What vocabulary word can replace "secretly and sneakily?"
stealthily
Identify the sense this appeals to, "at dawn there was a gentle tapping at the window"
Sound / Hearing
When I wake up in the morning, I brush my teeth and then wash my face. Next, I get dressed. After that I put makeup on and eat breakfast before I leave.
What event occurs directly before she eats breakfast?
Put on makeup
Fix the comma splice:
He enjoys walking along the ocean, he often goes to the beach on vacation.
1. He enjoys walking along the ocean. He often goes to the beach on vacation.
OR
2. He enjoys walking along the ocean AND he often goes to the beach on vacation
A ________ must have a subject and a predicate (verb).
Complete sentence
He finally succumbed to his illness on December 12. What does succumb mean?
to give in; to die
What words show imagery in this sentence: "It was dark and dim in the forest"
Dark and Dim
Put the sentences in order.
a.) The second twin was born in the following year, at 12:02 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2016 b.) A woman gave birth to twins in San Diego, but the babies were born in different years. c.) The first twin was born at 11:59pm on Dec. 31, 2015
B; C; A
What is missing from the sentence:
Run to the bakery
Subject
***Daily Double***
Fix the sentence.
What type of sentence is this:
The dancers were beautiful, they were very well - coordinated.
a. fragment b. run on c. comma splice
Comma Splice
***Daily Double***
Fix the sentence (Identify 2 ways)