POS
Find the preposition in this sentence:
My favorite place to walk is the park across the street.
Correct the comma error:
A doctor will use a robot, and her own skills to perform the heart surgery.
No comma is needed
The story element that is the chain of events that unfold the story
plot
What word have we had that means:
glass-sided tank, bowl, or the like, in which fish or other living aquatic animals or plants are kept?
aquarium
How would you correct this sentence:
its about time to rake the leaves in the yerd.
It's about time to rake the leaves in the yard.
What part of speech is the word very in the following sentence:
The girl ran very quickly down the stairs to get away from the spider.
adverb
it is describing quickly (another adverb)
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
Both compare two things, a simile does it using like or as - a metaphor does not use like or as
The central problem of the story
conflict
Define diameter
Find the misspelled word in this tile:
The student missed a week of school while she heeled after the car accident.
heeled should be healed
Correct the pronoun
Rafaela will practice the solo on (her/she) new guitar.
Her
Explain the use of the apostrophe:
We were looking at the sloths' habitat. There were at least five of them hanging from the trees.
It shows ownership. Since it is after the s, we know that there is more than one sloth.
The message of the story
theme
Define belligerent
hostile and aggressive
Is the following sentence a simple, complex, or compound sentence? Explain your answer
Although he was tired, the boy went to school and took the test.
complex sentence
It has a dependent and independent clause
List the FANBOYS and name the part of speech
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Conjunctions
Choose the correct verb
The children (dance/dances) in the play.
dance
The highest point of tension or the turning point of the story
Climax
What is wrong with this spelling
belligirent
belligerent
What is a homophone?
List the nine POS that we have studied
Noun, verb, adj, adv, preposition, pronoun, interjection, article, conjungtion
What is the problem with the pronoun in this sentence:
At school, they told the football players there would be an extra practice this week.
It is ambiguous - you do not know who they are.
The character that opposes (goes against) the main character of the story
antagonist
Define commune
a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities.
What does the word personification mean?
Giving human qualities to objects or animals