Grammar
This punctuation mark is used to show possession or to form contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
This literary device compares two things using "like" or "as," such as "Her smile was as bright as the sun."
What is a simile?
This city is the capital of California, known for its location in the Central Valley.
What is Sacramento?
Where did Ms. Rob go to community college?
What is Northwest?
This part of speech describes a noun and answers questions like "What kind?" or "How many?"
What is an adjective?
This is the repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of nearby words, like "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers."
What is alliteration?
Austin is the capital of this large southern state, famous for its BBQ and oil industry.
What is Texas?
How many siblings does Ms. Rob have?
A sentence that contains two independent clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction is called this type of sentence.
What is a compound sentence?
This literary device gives human characteristics to non-human things or ideas, such as "The wind whispered through the trees."
What is personification?
This capital city shares its name with a famous explorer and is the capital of Ohio.
What is Columbus?
What is Ms. Rob's favorite color?
What is blue?
This is the term for a word that takes the place of a noun, such as "he," "she," "it," or "they."
What is a pronoun?
This is the use of words that imitate sounds, like "buzz," "hiss," or "splash."
What is onomatopoeia?
Baton Rouge, which means "red stick" in French, is the capital of this Gulf Coast state.
What is Louisiana?
How many years has Ms. Rob been a teacher?
What is 3?
This punctuation mark is used to introduce a list, separate independent clauses, or emphasize information that follows.
What is a colon?
This literary device uses an object, person, or situation to represent a deeper meaning beyond its literal sense, such as a dove representing peace.
What is symbolism?
This is the capital of Montana, named after the ancient Greek city of the same name.
What is Helena?
What is Ms. Rob's dog's name?
What is Maisie?