Sentence Structure
What is a simple sentence?
What is a sentence that expresses a single complete thought and contains a subject and a verb.
The sentence below has a spelling error.
In the laboratory, we set up the apparatus efficiently in aproximately 10 minutes.
Which word is NOT spelled correctly?
What is approximately.
What does Inference mean?
What is to come to a reasonable conclusion based on evidence found in the passage.
What is a simile?
What is a comparison using like or as.
What is theme?
What is the theme of a literary text is its lesson or message
What is a compound sentence?
What is a sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
Based on the word parts, what is the meaning of universal in the sentence?
They want to know why some stories receive universal acceptance, and others do not.
A. possible
B. regular
C. common
D. serious
What is C. Common
What is the connotative meaning?
What is a meaning beyond the explicit meaning of a word.
What is an onomatopoeia?
What is a word that imitates the natural sound of something.
What is chronological order?
What is is the order in which a series of events happened.
What is a sentence that has two independent clauses and at
least one dependent clause.
Which sentence uses commas correctly?
A. She was happy with the quick, satisfying results.
B. The group decided to stage the old, original, play.
C. They painted the old barn with a bright, red paint.
D. We went to the beach and built a sturdy, sand tower.
What is denotative meaning?
What is the explicit meaning of a word.
What is an allusion?
What is an indirect reference to something.
What does it mean to cite evidence?
What is something that proves or demonstrates the truth of something else.
What type of sentence is this:
After the child rode his bicycle to school, he decided to stop
for breakfast in the cafeteria, but he still made it to class on time.
Compound-Complex
Which sentence contains an error between the relationship of ideas?
A. Coming home late, they went straight to bed.
B. Walking in the door, the lights were turned on.
C. Without being warned, we heard them yell, “Surprise!”
D. “Hello!” he shouted, waving to us from across the street.
What is B. Walking in the door, the lights were turned on.
What is a counterclaim?
What is a reasonable argument that opposes or disagrees with another claim is called a counterclaim.
What is this an example of?
"My dad can lift two tons."
What is a hyperbole.
What is a narrative text?
What is real or imaginary story that may be about a situation, a single moment in time.
What type of sentence is this:
After the child rode his bicycle to school, he decided to stop for
breakfast in the cafeteria.
Compound sentence.
Which revision of the sentence BEST expresses the ideas clearly and concisely?
"The first thing that we need to take care of when we meet during club time for the Spanish Club is figuring out when we will have elections and also finding out who can be available to be working at the booth for the club fair at school."
A. Finding a date for elections and then also finding someone who can work at the Spanish Club booth at the club fair are both things that we need to take care of when we meet during club time.
B. During the time we meet for Spanish club, our most urgent first thing that we should try to take care of is a date for elections and club fair stuff.
C. A thing we may want to take care of in Spanish Club is elections and who can be on hand for the Spanish Club booth at the club fair at school when it happens.
D. During our Spanish Club meeting, we most urgently need to decide on a date for elections and who can work at the Spanish Club booth at the school’s club fair.
What is D. During our Spanish Club meeting, we most urgently need to decide on a date for elections and who can work at the Spanish Club booth at the school’s club fair.
What is a bias?
What is when an author holds a strong opinion or belief about his or her topic, the writing may contain forms of bias.
What is an idiom?
What is quirky sayings and expressions specific to a language.
If a saying seems unfamiliar or is not understood, it may be an idiom that needs to be researched.
What does it mean to paraphrase?
What is to use someone else’s ideas and to express those ideas in your own words.