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Figurative Language
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Used to finish complete sentences - What am I?
What is a PERIOD .
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Recycling is like a golden ticket that everyone holds for a better earth. Don't forget that you have the power to change what you see around you.
What is a SIMILE?
100
Books are made of ink, paper, and glue. What part of speech is 'BOOKS'?
What is a NOUN?
100
This sentence contains quotation marks.
What is: She was walking down the street and yelled, "HEY! wait for me!".
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Without resolving, the issue a group will never move past its conflict.
What is: Without resolving the issue, a group will never move past its conflict.
200
I am used to connect two complete sentences without using a period. What am I?
What is a SEMI-COLON
200
Her Ferrari was a rocket. It accelerates from 1-100 in 2.5 seconds.
What is a METAPHOR?
200
The small boat floundered on the wine dark sea. What part of speech are, 'SMALL' and "WINE DARK'?
What are ADJECTIVES?
200
This sentence contains a colon.
What is I brought three things with me on the trip: a suitcase, my phone, and food.
200
If you have ever doubted yourself: you are human.
What is: If you have ever doubted yourself, you are human.
300
I am used to combine compound words. What am I?
What is a HYPHEN -
300
Everyone else eats an estimated eighty-eight ounces every day.
What is ALLITERATION?
300
I rename nouns. Name three of me.
What is PRONOUNS - HE SHE WE THEY THEM THEIR THESE I YOU IT
300
This sentence contains a hyphen.
What is: I have twenty-eight dollars.
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Seventh graders do not test in science, although; eighth graders take three science tests.
What is Seventh graders do not test in science; although, eighth graders take three science tests.
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I am used to mark when someone is speaking or when the author uses another persons words.
What are QUOTATION MARKS " "
400
Needing your cellphone for everything you do is worse than carrying around a ball and chain.
What is a HYPERBOLE?
400
I modify verbs and adverbs and commonly end in '-ly'. What am I and NAME THREE.
What is an ADVERB. Unfortunately, expeditiously, and patiently.
400
This sentence contains a semi-colon, an embedded transition, and a comma.
What is: Basketball is a high intensity game; likewise, football can be dangerous if you are not careful.
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Though Mitchell prefers watching Romantic Films, he rented the latest spy thriller, and he enjoyed it very much.
What is: Though Mitchell prefers watching romantic films, he rented the latest spy thriller, and he enjoyed it very much.
500
I am used for sooooooo many different reasons. I can combine independent clauses with dependent clauses. I can combine two sentences by using a conjunction (FANBOYS). I can separate an appositive from the subject it renames. What am I?
What is a COMMA ,
500
The sunlight grabbed all my attention from class and locked my eyes on the beautiful weather outside.
What is PERSONIFICATION?
500
FIND THE VERB, PREPOSITION, AND CONJUNCTION: She was holding the $10,000 black vase over her head and coincidentally dropped it.
What is "Was Holding", "Over", "And"
500
This sentence contains an APPOSITIVE.
What is: My father, Edward, has taught me close to everything I know.
500
St. Patrick’s Day celebrates a Catholic saint who livved long ago. The first St Patrick’s Day parade in the united States took place when Irish soldiers marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Over the years, Irish immegrant groups began to holed parades with bagpipes and drums. In 1848, several groups unite their parades Today, New York City’s St. Patricks’ Day parade was the nation’s largest. Each year, nearly three milion people attend.
What is: St. Patrick’s Day celebrates a Catholic saint who lived long ago. The first St. Patrick’s Day parade in the United States took place when Irish soldiers marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Over the years, Irish immigrant groups began to hold parades with bagpipes and drums. In 1848, several groups united their parades. Today, New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day parade is the nation’s largest. Each year, nearly three million people attend.