Text Structures
These are the five types of text structures?
What are Compare and Contrast, Problem/Solution, Cause/Effect, Sequence and Description.
A gerund functions as this part of speech
What is a noun?
An indicative verb mood expresses this.
What is a statement?
Ellipsis, commas and dashes are all used to show this.
What is a pause
This is a piece of figurative language that compares two things without using like or as
What is a metaphor
This type of text structure uses signal words such as "because", "since", and "as a result"
What is cause and effect
The type of verbal in the following sentence:
The thief arrested for the robbery shot at the security guard.
What is a participle
These are the five verb voices/moods
What are indicative, interrogative, imperative, conditional and subjunctive
Place the comma in the necessary spot in the following sentence.
Caroline would you please collect the homework for the day?
What is:
Caroline, would you please collect the homework for the day?
Complete the analogy:
New York City: New York :: ________: Georgia
What is Atlanta
This text structure highlights the similarities and differences between two things
What is Compare/Contrast
This is the type of verbal in the following sentence.
The show offers everyone a chance to be a millionaire.
What is an infinitive
This is the verb voice/mood of the sentence below.
Turn in your ID badge before you leave.
What is imperative
Correctly punctuate the following sentence with an ellipsis:
Look what I found at the yard sale an original Andy Warhol print!
What is:
Look what I found at the yard sale...an original Andy Warhol print!
An authors word choice that can be used to inform, persuade, or explain.
What is diction
This text structure uses signal words such as "first", "second" and "next".
What is sequence
This is the type of verbal in the following sentence
The butterfly fluttering near the daisy is a monarch.
This is the verb mood of the following sentence.
I would be able to go to the movies if your dad would give me a ride.
What is conditional
Correctly punctuate the following sentence:
My suitcase contains only three things a swimsuit, sunblock, and a towel.
What is:
My suitcase contains only three things-a swimsuit, sunblock, and a towel.
This is the difference between rhyme scheme and rhyme
Rhyme scheme is the pattern of rhyme throughout a whole poem. Rhyme is words that have the same ending.
This is the text structure of the following passage:
The Loggerhead sea turtle is threatened. Conservationists are attempting to help the survival rate of the Loggerhead turtles. Their solution is to educate the public about the nesting habits of the sea turtles and help pass gill netting regulations for fishermen.
What is problem/solution
This is the type of verbal in the following sentence.
Walking a dog of her own had been a dream of hers for a long time.
What is a gerund
This is the verb mood of the following sentence.
If I were you, I wouldn't go outside today.
What is subjunctive
Correctly punctuate the following sentence.
I can't remember what I was looking for. I think it was a
What is:
I can't remember what I was looking for. I think it was a...
Correctly punctuate the dialogue of this sentence.
Ms. Loder stated I can't wait for summer.
What is:
Ms. Loder stated, "I can't wait for summer."