What did you say?
Is this sentence correct?
Jean replied, “My car is in the shop.”
Yes
What type of figurative language is used?
In any universe, you are my star.
Metaphor
What type of Brushstroke is used?
The Stanley Cup, hockey’s biggest trophy, was won by the Panthers.
Appositive
What is the purpose of using SAD openers?
To keep your reader reading/make the story start in an interesting way
What two things must you do when changing speakers in a narrative?
Go to the next line and indent
What type of figurative language is used?
The alarm clock‘s screams woke me up this morning.
Personification
What type of Brushstroke is used?
Tires screeching, the car came to a halt.
Absolute
What is the purpose of a narrative?
To tell a story/entertain
Is this sentence correct?
“I brought the cookies,” he said.”
No
no quotation marks needed at the end
Write a complete sentence using a metaphor.
Answers will vary
Write a complete sentence using an Absolute.
Answers will vary
What kind of details focus on what people see, feel, hear, taste and touch?
sensory details
Is this correct?
Meg said, “We’re having sloppy joes for dinner”.
No
Period should go inside the quotation marks
What type of figurative language is used?
The bright shadow was cast across the yard.
Oxymoron
What type of Brushstroke is used?
The couch, old and sagging, was tossed out on the street.
Adjectives out of order
What type of SAD opener is used?
Poof . . . poof . . . poof. Grant hopped through the dusty moonscape on his way to the dig site. As he trudged to the mine, his equipment awkwardly shifted on his shoulders.
Action
Is this sentence correct?
”Why is everybody,” Brian asked, “dressed in costumes?”
Yes
What type of figurative language is used?
Lucy lied to get a lollipop from Linus.
Alliteration
What type of Brushstroke is used?
The marbles scattered everywhere after I dropped them.
Vivid verbs
What type of SAD opener is used?
The moon’s landscape was gray and harsh. Everywhere the astronauts looked, they had to avoid the many potholes on the surface.
Setting