Make it Make Sense
(to/too)
Maria wanted to go to the mall, ______.
What is t-o-o?
What punctuation is missing?
Watch out for the car
What is an exclamation point? (!)
In The three kittens are playful, what are the adjectives?
What is three and playful?
“When the pitcher got injured, the coach called in his _______.”
What is replacement?
This comparison uses like or as to show how two things are similar.
What is a simile?
(our/are)
We ________ going to the store.
What is o-u-r?
What punctuation is missing?
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What is a question mark? (?)
Identify the proper nouns in the sentence.
Sarah and her mother went to Target for a dress for the dance.
What are Sarah and Target?
Jane cheered Will on because he was feeling down. She gave him this:
What is encouragement?
“The leaves danced in the wind.” Which figurative device is this?
What is personification?
(lose/loose)
Please don't ______ your keys.
What is l-o-s-e?
This punctuation introduces a list, an explanation, or a quotation, like in She had three goals: study, graduate, succeed.
What is a colon? (:)
In the sentence They went to the park after lunch, the preposition is this word.
What is after?
True or False: A performance only happens on a stage.
What is False? (It can also happen in sports, school, etc.)
“She talked forever about her favorite show.” What figurative language is this?
What is a hyperbole?
(break/brake)
Sarah slammed on the _____ when she saw a deer.
What is b-r-a-k-e?
This punctuation mark joins two independent clauses without a conjunction, like in the sentence: I have a test tomorrow; I can’t go out tonight.
What is a semicolon? (;)
Many adverbs end with these two letters.
For example: He spoke softly.
What is an adverb?
Choose the correct synonym: expensive means the same as (cheap, costly, free).
What is costly?
“The bacon sizzled in the pan.” Identify the figurative language.
What is onomatopoeia?
(weather/whether)
John didn't know ______ to choose the brown jacket or the black cardigan.
What is w-h-e-t-h-e-r?
Three dots in a row, this punctuation mark shows something has been left out or that speech is trailing off…
What is an ellipsis?
Verbs that connect the subject to more information about it, like is, am, are, was.
What are linking verbs?
True or False:
Brown Girl Dreaming is written in prose.
What is False. Bonus: It is written in ____.
This figurative language type is a common saying that means something different from its literal words.
For example: “It’s raining cats and dogs.”
What is an idiom?