Sentences
What is a simple sentence?
A sentence that contains one clause. It has one idea. Subject + verb phrase
What words need capital letters?
Nouns: People, Place, Thing.
At the beginning of a new sentence
Using like or as to compare two unalike things
How were myths and legends told traditionally?
Oral storytelling
How did the Titanic sink? An iceberg or sabotage?
It hit an iceberg and sunk.
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS) are the conjunctions for what type of sentence?
Compound
Quotation marks, dialogue
The wind danced about the room. What is the technique used?
Personification
What does a legend have that a myth does not?
Legends include reference to real historical people and/or events
How many planets are in our solar system?
8 planets and 1 dwarf
It is good to use a compound sentence when you want to...
Add more information, add details, create an engaging sentence, etc.
Name 5 adjectives to describe summer!
If an author wants to create a picture in their reader's mind, what technique should they use?
Imagery
What is a moral?
The lesson learnt from a story
Is Miss Carver married?
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
Interestingly, Mario never saw Georgia again after that dark day. Up level 'dark' in this sentence
Teacher judgement, did you use a creative synonym?
She was upset. What is the verb in this sentence?
WAS- being doing having words are verbs
Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Peppers. What is the technique?
What was the name of King Arthur's sword?
Excalibur
What TV comedy stars Jerry and Elaine?
Seinfeld
What are the definitions for an independent sentence and dependent sentence? Provide an example of a DEPENDENT sentence
An independent sentence can stand on its own, a dependent sentence needs the independent sentence in order to make sense!
What is the name of this punctuation mark? :
Semicolon.
Create an example of a metaphor.
Teacher judgement
If a story has a poor country boy, trades the family cow for a handful of magic beans, which grow into an enormous beanstalk reaching up into the clouds, is it a myth?
No! It is a fairy tale!
A man who was outside in the rain without an umbrella or hat didn’t get a single hair on his head wet. Why?
He was bald!