Review

Poetic Devices

100

This term describes Grandma’s kiss being "like the wings of a butterfly."

Simile

200

Line 15 uses this type of language to describe the sky "draped" in the dark of night.

Metaphor 

300

When Grandpa's hand is called a "giant bear-paw," the poet is using this device.

Metaphor

400

This is what the "bright jewels" represent in Grandma's "black velvet" sky.

Stars

500

The "shimmer" and "whisper" of the lake breeze are examples of this poetic element

Imagery/Personification

Story Structure

100

In "One Saturday," the speaker feels this way at the start of the poem.

Nervous

200

This is the "secret ingredient" Grandma Addie says she needed for her pie.

Alisha

300

Alisha and her grandma did these two things while their pies were in the oven

Drank tea or worked crosswords

400

Guess What

Free Points

500

This is the most likely reason the poet includes the speaker's nervousness in lines 1-8.

To show how the speaker's feelings change/identify a problem.

Verb Victory

100

Change the verb "spyed" in "Skunked!" to its correct spelling.

Spied

200

What is the past tense of the irregular verb "go"?

Went

300

For regular verbs ending in a consonant and y, you do this to add -ed.

Change y to i and add -ed

400

This is the correct form of "be" to use with the plural subject "They" in the past tense.

Were

500

Identify the past participle (the form used with "have") for the verb "ring."

(Have) rung

The Revision Lab

100

What is the difference between "Their" and "They're"

• Their (Possessive): Shows belonging.
  • Example: That is their house.
• They're (Contraction): Short for "they are."
  • Example: They're arriving late.

200

Replace "thoughts" in sentence 19 of "The Value of Recess" with a more descriptive word.

Concerns

300

Which sentence could BEST follow and support sentence 11?

It includes brown sugar, nutmeg, butter, eggs, and flour

400

What is the BEST way to revise sentence 20?

Sometimes we turned on Grandma’s favorite radio station, closed our eyes, and listened to the music.

500

What's wrong with this sentence?

High school and and college might seem like they're pretty similar, but their are actually some big Differences between them.

• Removed the duplicate "and".
• Changed "their" to "there" (used to indicate existence).
• Corrected "Differences" to "differences" (not a proper noun).

Edit It!

100

Fix this

wen is we going to floriduh for vacashun.

When are we going to Florida for vacation? (Fixed: Capital 'W', spelled 'When', changed 'is' to 'are', spelled and capitalized 'Florida', spelled 'vacation', added question mark).

200

Correct this sentence: "The red aple fell off the tre!"

The red apple fell off the tree. (Fixed: Spelled 'apple', spelled 'tree', changed exclamation point to a period since it's just a statement).

300

Identify the error: "He cringed when he catched a whiff of the odor."

Change "catched" to "caught"

400

Fix the comma splice

 I love to read, I have so many books 

add "and" after the comma

Create two separate sentences.

500

Rewrite sentence 31 about the first-place ribbon so it is clear and effective.

The response is a complete sentence that expresses the ideas in a clear and effective way.