Language Skills Part 1
What does VID & VIS mean?
What does IM & IL mean?
Not
Is this a simple, compound, or complex sentence?
He went to the grocery store.
Simple
Name this figurative language.
This trip will take us forever!
Hyperbole
Is the pronoun subjective, objective, or possessive?
She went to Starbucks after school.
Subjective
What does MID & TELE mean?
The middle; Distant
What does SUB & NESS mean?
Under; State, Condition, Quality
Is this a simple, compound, or complex sentence?
She went with Sara to the store, and Sara bought pizza.
Compound
Name this figurative language.
She was as wise as an owl.
Simile
Is the pronoun subjective, objective, or possessive?
That jacket is hers.
What does CYCLE, TRACT, and PRE mean?
Wheel, Circle, Circular; Pull; Before
What does POST, TELE & SUPER mean?
After; Distant; Above
Is this a simple, compound, or complex sentence?
I wanted to go to the movies, but I was not allowed to go with my friends.
Compound.
Name this figurative language.
He was feeling a little under the weather.
Idiom
What intensive pronoun best completes this sentence?
They made the cookies ___________.
Themselves
What does the suffix -ion mean in this sentence?
Sentence: Since being out of the hospital, her condition has improved.
Action or Condition
What does the prefix dis- mean in this sentence?
Sentence: The wifi was disconnected for most of the day.
Apart
Is this a simple, compound, or complex sentence?
While Margaret was studying for her test, she realized what words she did not know.
Complex
Name this figurative language.
Wally was a whale when he was waiting in the water.
Alliteration
What is the vague pronoun in the sentence?
Jennifer and Georgia went to the park; she saw her best friend there.
She
What does the prefix dict- and log- mean in this sentence?
Sentence: The dictator stated that the information seemed logical.
Speak; Word
What is the meaning of the prefix mid- and suffix
-ment in this sentence?
Sentence: She was stuck in the middle of the predicament.
Explain, what is the difference between a compound and a complex sentence.
Compound: Two independent clauses joined with a conjunction.
Complex: An independent clause and dependent clause joined together.
Name this figurative language.
Life was a long road.
Metaphor
Describes a noun that the pronoun represents and substitutes for (also known as the sentence's subject).