Error Detectives
A comparison between two unrelated things without using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
This punctuation mark is used to end a sentence that makes a statement.
What is a period?
This word refers to rare or expensive foods often considered special treats.
What are delicacies?
Students commonly use this item to erase mistakes made with a pencil.
What is an eraser?
This children’s song features a form of transportation where passengers include babies, parents, and drivers, all repeating the same motion.
What is “The Wheels on the Bus”?
a person, animal, or object regarded as representing or embodying a quality, concept, or thing.
What is personification?
This type of word shows action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
This word describes doing something in a rushed, panicked, or wildly hurried manner.
What is frantically?
This classroom tool is used to display notes, assignments, or presentations to the whole class.
What is a (Smart)whiteboard?
This late-90s pop hit helped launch a superstar’s career and includes a music video filmed in a Catholic school setting.
What is “…Baby One More Time”?
This device compares two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
This rule requires that a subject and verb match in number (singular or plural).
What is subject-verb agreement?
This word means to defeat an opponent completely or overcome something successfully.
What is vanquish?
Students typically store textbooks, notebooks, and supplies in this item they carry between classes.
What is a backpack?
This melody is widely used in classrooms to teach letter recognition.
What is the “ABC Song”?
This device involves an obvious exaggeration used for emphasis or effect.
What is hyperbole?
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction.
What is a comma?
This word describes something that is easily bent, flexible, or easily influenced.
What is pliable?
This small but essential classroom object is used to fasten multiple sheets of paper together without folding them.
What is a staple?
This viral children’s song involves an entire aquatic family and became globally unavoidable due to its repetitive “doo doo” hook.
What is “Baby Shark”?
This device occurs when a word imitates the natural sound associated with an action or object (example: buzz, crash, hiss).
What is onomatopoeia?
This error occurs when two complete sentences are joined without proper punctuation or conjunction.
What is a run-on sentence?
In a sentence: “Realizing the test had already started, the student searched_______________ through their backpack for a pencil.”
What is frantically?
This classroom item is rarely brought to school, constantly borrowed, and almost never returned to its original owner.
What is a charger?
Finish the lyric:
“Cause baby, you’re a ______ …”
What is “firework”?