English Wizardry
Shortened words we use every day, like turning "do not" into "don't."
What are contractions?
"Vigorously," "slowly," and "yesterday" belong to this word class because they describe how or when an action happens.
Adverbs
Name all students who have a sibling in 7 Faith.
Ang Ray Xee, Chew Xin Mei
What is the purpose of a paragraph in an essay?
Separate main ideas in an essay.
"The lightning danced across the sky" is an example of this device, which gives human traits to non-human objects.
personification
This punctuation mark is used to introduce a new clause or separate lists—but use too many, and your English teacher might cry.
Comma
These words stand in for nouns so we don't sound ridiculous. Instead of saying "The teacher lost the teacher's keys," we say "The teacher lost her keys."
pronouns
Who disrupts the class with '67' the most?
Lim Bok Ray
What is the purpose of one-line-paragraphs in a narrative essay?
Lina just won first place in the art competition. The crowd cheers. One kid from the crowd yells with all his might, "That's so skibidi!"
Question: Explain in your own words what 'skibidi' means in this scenario.
Cool/Awesome.
A word that reads the exact same backward as it does forward, like "racecar" or "kayak."
palindrome
Imperatives
Who is the best at drawing in this set class?
Lim Phei Thing
What register should be used for blog articles?
Informal.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is a classic example of this sound-based device.
Alliteration
The type of informal language you'd use in a text to a friend, but absolutely not in a formal report to a headteacher.
slang
Suffix
Who wrote the story: "Bunny in the Trenches", for their CA2 Writing Assessment?
Lim Sheng Hao
A word or phrase that is not formal or literary and is used in ordinary or familiar conversation.
Colloqualism
The man stood there proudly, commemorating and celebrating his victory like a gallavanting jester juggling and dancing around the fields.
Explain the effect of the simile on the reader's view of the way the man is celebrating.
It makes the reader see the man as celebrating in a slightly humourous and in a very happy manner.
This 11-letter word is spelled incorrectly by absolutely everyone, every single time.
incorrectly
"Although the lunch bell rang, the students stayed inside because it was pouring rain," these two italicized words belong to this specific subclass of connectors.
Subordinating Conjunctions.
This student always includes the phrase 'Bon Bon' when making an alias.
Nivonne Goh.
Write the addresses needed for a formal letter.
Sender's:
Street name,
Post code + district,
State,
Country
Recepient:
Title,
name of buidling/street name
Post code + District
State
Country
A figure of speech that deliberately places two completely opposite or contradictory words right next to each other.
Give one example.
Oxymoron
E.g. "Deafening silence", "terribly good", "original copy"