This punctuation mark is used to end a declarative statement.
What is a period?
100
When compared to each other, the words "crazy" and "insane" are considered this:
What are synonyms?
100
A person, place, or thing is this type of word:
What is a noun?
100
Comparisons using "like" or "as" are called this:
What are similes?
100
The "hero" or main character of a story is called this:
What is the protagonist?
200
this punctuation mark is used make lists.
What is a comma
200
This type of sentence is used to ask a question.
What is interrogative?
200
Action words are called this:
What are verbs?
200
Comparisons where one thing is called something else are this:
Ex. The star was a shining gem in the sky.
What are metaphors?
200
A struggle between two forces in a story is called this:
What is conflict?
300
This punctuation is used to show possession (i.e. possessive nouns)
What is an apostrophe?
300
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The sentence type shown here is an example of this type of sentence which does not contain punctuation and is very boring to read and sounds ridiculous
What is a run-on sentence?
300
Words which describe where something is positioned are called this:
What are prepositions?
300
Giving non-human things human traits is called this:
What is personification?
300
Characters that stay the same throughout a story are called this:
What are static characters?
400
This punctuation is used when we write the time.
What is a colon?
400
When compared to each other, the words "furious" and "calm" are considered this:
What are antonyms?
400
Words used to describe nouns are called this:
What are adjectives?
400
Exaggerations are called this:
Ex. I drank a million litres of water yesterday because it was so hot.
What are hyperboles?
400
One excellent way of preparing for your final exam is this:
What is studying, finishing all assignments, getting a good night's sleep, eating a healthy breakfast before it, etc....
500
This punctuation correctly fills in the following sentence:
"It rained very hard last night ___ he was happy he had an umbrella with him."
What is a semi-colon?
500
This type of sentence contains 1 complete thought, and one incomplete thought. Ex. "When I was at school today, my teacher let me play Jeopardy"
What is a compLEX sentence?
500
Someone who interrupts with an emotional-filled word like "Stop!" is using this type of word:
What is an interjection?
500
Sound words like "buzz" or "smack!" or "Boom" are called this:
What is onomatopoeia?
500
A sentence which contains only 1 subject and 1 verb is this: