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Punctuation
Possessive Pronouns
Figurative Language
English Literature
100

This is her favorite music artist. 

Who is Bad Bunny?

100

Tegan wants to go home but Sarah doesn't want to leave yet.

Tegan wants to go home, but Sarah doesn't want to leave yet.

100

I went to the store and found they had to/too/two shirts I liked but they were too small. 

I went to the store and found they had (two) shirts I liked but they were too small.

100

Words or phrases that are repeated.

What is repetition?

100

A 15-year-old who must make a crucial decision after the murder of his brother, all in the time it takes for an elevator to travel 60 seconds to the ground floor.

What is Long Way down? 

200
 The number of years Ms. Cruz has tought.

What is 2 years? 

200

I went to lunch with my mother brother and sister.

I went to lunch with my mother, brother, and sister.

200

Their/There/They're riding their bikes over there by the school.

(They're) riding their bikes over there by the school.

200

A comparison of two things using words the words "like" or "as".

What is a simile?

200

A young girl in Harlem discovers slam poetry as a way to understand her mother's religion and her own relationship to the world.

What is the Poet X?

300

This is Ms. Cruz's favorite sports team.

Who are the Houston Astros?

300

Yes the plane will land at 5:30pm.

Yes, the plane will land at 5:30pm.

300

Your/You're reading will improve if your/you're practicing everyday.

(Your) reading will improve if (you're) practicing everyday.

300

Using 5 senses to form a picture in the reader's mind. 

What is imagery?

300

Louise Mallard, a woman in a traditional Victorian marriage, who receives the news that her husband was killed in an accident. After her grief subsides, she begins to see opportunity and freedom in her future.

What is the Story of an Hour?

400

Ms. Cruz graduated from this University in 2021. 

What is University of Houston?

400

While I was in the kitchen the baby woke up it was very annoying.

While I was in the kitchen, the baby woke up. It was very annoying.

400

It's/Its a crab. It's/Its name is Hank and I found him on a rock. 

It's a crab. Its name is Hank and I found him on a rock.

400

A police station which ends up getting broken into is an example of which device.

What is Irony?

400

A poem centered around an unnamed narrator's journey into madness after realizing he will never forget his lost Lenore.

What is The Raven?

500

Ms. Cruz studied this major at her university.

What is business?

500

Why do we have FANBOYS? What does the abbreviation stand for?

They are coordinating conjunctions that join to independent clauses together. FOR AND NOR BUT OR YET SO.

500

We're/Where/Were going to the movies. We forgot we're/where/were it is. We we're/where/were there last year.

We're going to the movies. We forgot where it is. We were there last year.

500

How could she marry a snake like that! is an example of what device and explain the meaning. 

What is a metaphor? Comparing the man to a traitor or fake person. 

500
The short story explores the relationship between a conquistador, the Indians, and the Spaniards. We see how arrogance and how being overly ambitious can result in one's downfall. His hunger for power causes him not to think decisions through, which explains letting the governor go after he "supplanted the governor". 





What is Balboa?