Commonly Confused Words
Administrator of a school
What is a principal?
To make a person seem small or unimportant
What is Belittle?
A person, place, or thing
What is a Noun?
He is quiet as a mouse
What is a simile?
Everyday to class
What is a notebook, pen, & pencil?
Possessive form of they
What is Their?
To move away from
What is Recede?
A word used to describe an action
What is a verb?
A direct comparison of two different things
What is a metaphor?
Expectation 1 in Ms. Graves class
What is be kind to yourself and to others?
Compared to
What is Than?
Showing acceptance of something unpleasant
What is Resigned?
A sentence composed of one independent clause
What is a simple sentence?
An expression that holds a different meaning to its literal meaning
What is an Idiom?
Homework and Journals
What is Makeup Monday?
To influence or change
What is Affect?
Important; Famous
What is Prominent?
Sentence or two that summarizes the main idea of a paper
What is a thesis statement?
Extreme exaggeration
What is a Hyperbole?
a writing technique that helps students answer short-response questions and write clear, organized responses
What is a RACE Strategy?
words that sound exactly the same when spoken, but they have different spellings and different meanings.
What is Homophones?
Feeling or expressing joy after having won a victory
What is Triumphant?
A sentence composed of least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
What is a Complex-Compound Sentence?
Giving a nonhuman human characteristics
What is a personification?
The best teacher in 7th grade
What is Ms.Graves?