"Reading Comprehension"
Darrel walks across the hallway with his favourite can of Coca-Cola in his hand. A kid suddenly grabs the can and yells, "Yeet!"
What happened to the can of Coca-Cola?
It was thrown away.
This punctuation mark looks like two dots on top of each other and is used right before you start listing items.
Colon
Read this sentence: "The teacher shouted loudly." Identify the adverb in this sentence.
loudly
This guy always uses the toilet every class without fail.
Who is he?
Evan Ch'ng Jia Wei.
Read this sentence: "The boy was as quiet as a mouse."
State the literary device.
Simile.
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.
Fix the punctuation mistake in this phrase to show the cat owns the tail: "The cats long tail wagged slowly."
Adding an apostrophe to 'cats' --> 'cat's'
She has been to the fun fair this month.
State the exact tense used for this sentence.
Present perfect tense.
Who is often referred to as 'mister' when called?
Boo Jun You
"Boom!", "Crash!", and "Buzz!"
State the literary device.
Onomatopoeia.
Read the text: "The colossal castle loomed over the tiny village, blocking out the morning sun."
Question: Find a word in this text that means extremely large or massive.
Colossal
This is a common punctuation error where commas are only used to join sentences instead of a mixture of conjunctions and connective phrases.
Comma splicing
These special words are used to glue two short thoughts together into one longer sentence.
Conjunctions.
Name two iconic trios that always sit together in class.
a) Ker Ying, Chloe Lee, Queenie
b) Ken Ji, Joel, Kayra
When two contrasting words are put together to form new meaning.
What is the literary device? State one example.
Oxymoron; e.g. deafening silence.
The man stood there proudly, commemorating and celebrating his victory like a poggers banger superlicious tung tung tung sahur.
Explain the effect of the simile "poggers banger superlicious tung tung tung sahur" on the reader's view of the way the man is celebrating.
I heard there was a road - 'Downey Street' - where there are many memorabilia of the actor Robert Downey Jr.
What is the use of quotation marks in this sentence?
to indicate that it is a given name/nickname.
What sentence type is this? Explain your reasons for your response?
Compound-complex; it contains two independent clause with one dependent clause.
This pair was the only odd one to choose a different topic than the others for their CA2 writing and speaking.
Chloe Tan and Seah Cai Xuan
"A man spends months building a high-tech security system to keep thieves out of his house. On the first night it is turned on, he accidentally locks himself outside in the rain while the system works perfectly."
Identify the specific literary device shown here.
Irony/Situational Irony
The writer describes the ticking of the gears as the "massive, thundering heartbeat of the valley." Explain the effect of using the metaphor "heartbeat" to describe a mechanical machine.
showing that the entire valley depends on the machine to stay alive, making the machine seem like a living organizer of their world
It is vital that we prepare the basics - a hiking stick, a backpack and water - when we hike Penang Hill this Saturday.
What is the effect of using a dash here?
Emphasize the list of important items when hiking.
What is the difference between a homophone and homograph? Give an example for each of them.
Homophone = same sound different spelling; two, too
Homograph = same spelling different sound and meaning; fair: light-skinned, fair: of equal and just treatment
This person has been put under probation of the migration of seats for around three months (and is still under probation).
Who is this person, where does the person sits and who is this person sitting next to?
Goh Chin Zher, sitting at the far end of the class near the door, Ooi Bu Ee.
"The only rule in our club is that there are absolutely no rules."
Identify the device used. Explain the meaning of the device and the sentence.
Paradox; where a statements contradicts itself.
In this sentence, the rule being the absence of rules.