Sentence Types
A sentence that expresses one complete thought and has one independent clause.
What is a simple sentence?
The prefix re- means ___.
What is again or back?
A word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
What is denotation?
The dictionary definition of a word.
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
A sentence that joins two independent clauses with a conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
The prefix pre- means “before,” and the root view (from vid/vis meaning “to see”) means “to see.”
What does preview mean?
What is to look at or see something before it is shown to others?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
What is connotation?
The emotional or cultural meaning attached to a word.
A comparison that does NOT use like or as.
What is a metaphor?
A sentence with one independent and one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
The prefix bio- means “life.” What does biology mean?
What is the study of life?
A word that shows action or state of being.
What is a verb?
Which word has a more positive connotation: childlike or youthful?
What is youthful?
Giving human traits to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
A sentence that has at least two independent clauses and one dependent clause.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
The root dict means “to say.” What does contradict mean?
What is to say the opposite of something?
A word that shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word such as "in, on, under"
What is a preposition?
What is the denotation of the word snake?
What is a long, legless reptile?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
Identify the sentence type: “Because it was raining, we stayed inside and played games.”
What is a complex sentence?
The root port means “to carry.” What is a word with that root and its meaning?
Answers may vary: transport (to carry across), portable (able to be carried).
Identify the part of speech for the bolded word: “The students worked quickly.”
What is an adverb?
What is the connotation of the word snake?
What is something negative such as sneaky, untrustworthy person?
A phrase where the meaning is different from the literal words, like “break a leg.”
What is an idiom?