To be independent or to be dependent?
The Earth is the third planet from the sun.
What is an independent clause?
Latin word for "place"
What is loc?
smile you could see for a mile
What is an hyperbole?
If the "and" test works, the adjectives are
What are coordinate adjectives?
a comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a similie?
Although we arrived late
What is a dependent clause?
Latin word for "self" or "same"
What is auto?
The Artic Trails have their secret tales
What is personification?
If the "and" test does not work and the adjectives build off of one another
What are cumulative adjectives?
An extreme exaggeration
What is a hyperbole?
How many independent clauses are in the sentence? I want a puppy; my roommate does not.
2
Identify the modifier and correct it.
He threw the ball to the girl made of orange rubber.
What is misplaced modifier? He threw the ball, made of orange rubber, to the girl.
Cursed cold....chilled clean through the bone
The heavy bulky box was difficult to carry.
What coordinate adjectives? Need a comma.
giving inanimate objects, places, or ideas human-like qualities
What is personification?
Because I ate fast food at lunch, I am not in the mood for fast food again.
1 Dependent Clause + 1 Independent Clause
Latin word for "one"
What is uni?
Hear him SIZZLE
What is onomatopoeia?
The small Toyota car was reliable.
What are cumulative adjectives? No comma needed
The repetition of a certain letter in a sentence
Busy as a bee
What is alliteration?
During the winter, we stayed warm by the fire.
1 dependent clause, 1 independent clause
Identify the modifier, and correct it:
Putting on my shoes, a mouse ran across the floor.
What is dangling modifier? When I was putting on my shoes, a mouse ran across the floor. A mouse ran across the floor when I was putting on my shoes.
Stabbed like a driven nail
What is a simile?
A young American lady
What are cumulative adjectives?
Means something different than a literal translation of the words would lead one to believe.
What is idiom?