Sensory Detail vs. Abstract Language
Tree, dog, and basketball are examples of __________ (sensory details or abstract language)?
Sensory details
Which words are capitalized correctly?
gilbert, Arizona
grocery store
Honda civic
gilbert = incorrect capitalization
Arizona = correct capitalization
grocery store = correct
Honda = correct
civic = incorrect
Identify past or present tense:
He laughs in everyone's face.
Present tense
The name of phrases like "he yelled" and "Joaquin asked."
Dialogue tags
mr. bob gasped "it can't be"!
Correct:
Mr. Bob gasped, "It can't be!"
Exclaim, sing, and laugh are examples of this part of speech (noun, adjective, verb, or adverb).
Verb
People's names, company titles, cities, and sports teams are all examples of proper nouns that must always be capitalized. True or False?
True
Identify past or present tense:
Her face shined like an expensive diamond.
Past tense
This punctuation mark connects the dialogue tag to the quote.
A comma
"Hurry, close the windows before it starts raining," she urgently requested.
How Dare you screeched My Mom!
Correct:
"How dare you!" screeched my mom.
Cool, prickly, lost, glistening, are all examples of sensory details, functioning as which part of speech (noun, adjective, verb, adverb)?
Which words are capitalized correctly?
Dani Edmonson
Junior High
History Class
Dani Edmonson = correct
junior high and history class = incorrect
Identify past or present tense:
She was having a SpongeBob birthday party.
Past tense
The location of a question mark or exclamation mark of a quote belongs ___________ (inside or outside) quotation marks.
Inside quotation marks
I can't believe this" Muttered Mrs. jones. "the johnsons got an even bigger pool"!
Correct:
"I can't believe this," muttered Mrs. Jones. "The Johnsons got an even bigger pool!"
!!DAILY DOUBLE!!
Identify the description as abstract language or sensory detail:
I could see the guilt written all over his face.
Abstract language
Which words are capitalized correctly?
Summer
Wednesday
Coach Jones
Summer = incorrect
Wednesday = correct
Coach = correct
Jones = correct
Identify the weak verb:
"You almost squished my pet frog under your tire!" she said.
"said" is a weak verb in a dialogue tag
What are the punctuation marks that surround spoken and exchanged language in a narrative?
Quotation marks
Their is no crying in baseball!" Coach Jimmy Dugan complained.
Correct:
"There is no crying in baseball!" Coach Jimmy Dugan complained.
Identify the underlined noun as abstract or concrete:
Triumph again eluded the basketball team.
Abstract noun
Is this sentence correctly or incorrectly capitalized?
"I can't wait for winter break!" she exclaimed.
Correctly capitalized
Identify past or present tense:
I wanted to return to the time when people were nice to each other.
Past tense
Punctuation almost always goes _______ (inside or outside) quotation marks.
Inside.
"No, wait! Not the gumdrop buttons!" the gingerbread cookie cried.
You're grammar makes an impression ms. hall reminded them again you should seek feedback for revisions and edits if you want to limit distractions and allow your story to shine
Correct:
"Your grammar makes an impression," Ms. Hall reminded them again. You should seek feedback to make revisions and edits, if you want to limit distractions and allow your story to shine.