We tried to give Tommy a surprise party for his birthday, but you let the cat out of the bag.
Name the idiom.
What is let the cat out of the bag?
100
He walked as softly as a cat.
Which technique is being used?
What is simile?
100
These are parts of a letter: heading, closing, inside address, body, salutation, and signature.
Place them in the correct order as they appear in a letter.
What is heading, inside address, salutation, body, closing, and signature?
100
Garrett's father asked him to clean his room last night, but he forgot.
Identify the pronouns in the sentence.
What are him, his, and he?
100
My cousin is going to San Francisco next month.
Name the common noun(s) in the sentence.
What are cousin and month?
200
I don't mean to toot my own horn, but I'm the fastest kid on my block and the smartest, too.
Name the idiom.
What is toot my own horn?
200
Jake jumped in the jar of jelly.
Which technique is being used? simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration
What is alliteration?
200
This letter part sums up and restates the purpose of your letter.
What is a closing paragraph?
200
Brian and his little brother love taking naps on Saturday afternoons when the weather is bad.
Replace Brian and his little brother with the correct pronoun.
What is they?
200
Brian has to clean his room and do his homework.
Identify the complete predicate.
What is has to clean his room and do his homework?
300
Jeffrey was a fast learner, so he knew that the math test would be a piece of cake.
Name the idiom.
What is a piece of cake?
300
And then my heart with pleasure fills/And dances with the daffodils.
Which technique is used? simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration
What is personification?
300
This paragraph catches your reader's interest and states the purpose or reason for your letter.
What is an opening paragraph?
300
My sister and I didn't want to go to the movies with ____ parents because _____ wanted to go bowling instead.
Which pronouns could correctly fill in the blanks?
What are our and we?
300
All the children in the class study math.
Identify the complete subject.
What is all the children in the class?
400
If Kim thinks I'm going to let her copy my homework, she's barking up the wrong tree.
Name the idiom.
What is barking up the wrong tree?
400
The road was a ribbon of moonlight over the purple moor.
Which technique is used? simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration
What is metaphor?
400
This letter part develops the purpose of the letter and provides supporting statements.
What is the middle or body paragraph(s)?
400
The dog looks scary, but it is really very friendly.
Identify the antecedent for the pronoun it.
What is dog?
400
We hung shiny decorations on our Christmas tree.
Which part of speech is the word shiny? noun, verb, adjective, or adverb
What is adjective?
500
Tommy's mother didn't even fuss at him when he came home late again; it was like beating a dead horse.
Identify the idiom.
What is beating a dead horse?
500
When the stars threw down their spears/And water'd heaven with their tears.
Which technique is used? simile, metaphor, personification, alliteration
What is personification?
500
This type of letter is used to convince your audience of your belief on an issue.
What is a persuasive letter?
500
The team was very proud of themselves after they won othe game.
Identify the reflexive pronoun in the sentence.
What is themselves?
500
Allie planted sunflowers in her garden last spring.
Identify the prepositional phrase.