Sentences
What type of sentence is this?
He ran out of money, so he had to stop playing poker.
What is compound?
What is used when recording the time?
What is a colon?
Action word
What is a verb?
Comparing using like or as.
What is a simile?
Instinctively
What is an instinctive feeling, idea, or action that is one that you have or do without thinking
What type of sentence is this?
When everyone had boarded, the ship began its three-hour tour.
What is complex?
Does a comma go before or after a coordinating conjunction in a compound sentence?
What is before?
Ex. The pirate captain lost her treasure map, but she still found the buried treasure.
Person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
Giving human characteristics to a non-human object.
What is personification?
Impede
What is to delay or block its process or movement
TRUE or FALSE: A dependent clause can never come at the beginning of a sentence.
What is false?
Ex. After Mike sneezed all over the burgers, no one wanted to eat.
How many commas are needed in this sentence:
I wanted to pick up apples oranges grapes and bananas from the store.
What is three?
I wanted to pick up apples, oranges, grapes, and bananas from the store.
Flower and flour
What is homophone?
I had a ton of homework.
What is a hyperbole?
To do away with
What is to abolish?
Which sentence is a complex sentence?
A. The skipper battened down the hatches in case the weather started getting rough
B. They got there early, and they got really good seats.
What is A?
Between which words does a colon belong?
I have several favorite genres of movies drama, science fiction, and mystery.
What is between movies and drama?
Ex. I have several favorite genres of movies: drama, science fiction, and mystery.
Describing word
What is adjective?
Sally sells seashells by the sea shore.
What is alliteration?
To include or contain
What is comprise?
How many (minimum) independent and dependent clauses are in a compound-complex sentence?
What are 2 independent clauses and 1 dependent clause?
What is the function of a semicolon?
What is to separate two independent clauses.
Ex. I missed the bus; I guess I am walking to school today.
Sound word
Ex. BANG, SPLASH, BUZZ
What is Onomatopoeia?
The city is a melting pot of cultures.
What is a metaphor?
Logical and consistent
What is coherent?