Which example of figurative language does this sentence have? 'The sun shared its warmth with every living thing as if to dry them out after the long, wet winter.'
What is the definition of imagery?
What is the definition of tone?
What is the definition of personification?
Give five examples of words that could describe the tone of a poem
What does key mean in this sentence: When will you learn that practice is the key to a good performance?
Define slink: After Mr. Franklin broke the window with the baseball, he tried to slink away without being seen.
Define erected: In Egypt and Mesopotamia, they erected huge obelisks and pyramids.
Define flustered: With the game on the line, the player became flustered, and missed the easy shot.
Define ultimatum: The teacher gave the student an ultimatum; this was his last chance to start behaving or he would go to the principal.
What is the verb and the verb tense used in this sentence: The scientist has discussed his discovery.
Which word (was, were) best completes the sentence: The quiz, as well as the chapter exercises, ____ collected.
How do you find out if which verb to use if the subject of your sentence is an indefinite pronoun that can be either singular or plural?
Correctly place the comma or commas in this sentence: My roommate was short a musician a writer and from Georgia.
Correctly place the comma or commas in this sentence: TV commercials sometimes the most entertaining parts of a program are essentially flashy propaganda.
What are the four types of sentences?
What type of sentence is this: He likes to do well in school, and he does.
What type of sentence is this: When a worker bee reaches the age of three weeks, it begins hunting for food.
What do you need to make a compound-complex sentence?
Write a compound-complex sentence.
Revise the sentence: John wanted to buy a new bike, because he didn't have enough money.
Revise the sentence: Many people like both dogs and cats: the animal shelter has plenty of both of them.
Revise the sentence: There are not as many sequoias as their used to be but many people work to preserve them.
Revise the phrase: 'Redwoods national park, in northern California,'
Revise the sentence: Noone has ever saw a giant squid in it's natural habitat.
Personification
Descriptive language that allows the reader to make an image in his/her mind, usually uses the five senses?
The attitude or emotion of the speaker/poet.
Giving human qualities to a non-human thing.
Answers will vary
Key means crucial
Slink means sneak
Erected means built
Flustered means nervous or anxious
Ultimatum means final choice or last chance
Has discussed and present perfect
Were
You look the noun that the indefinite pronoun is referring to. If that noun is singular, the verb is singular. If that noun is plural, the verb is plural.
My roommate was short, a musician, a writer, and from Georgia.
TV commercials, sometimes the most entertaining parts of a program, are essentially flashy propaganda.
Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound-Complex
A compound sentence
A complex sentence
Two or more independent clauses + One or more dependent clauses
Answers will vary.
John wanted to buy a new bike, but he didn't have enough money.
Many people like both dogs and cats; the animal shelter has plenty of both of them.
There are not as many sequoias as there used to be, but many people are working to preserve them.
Redwoods National Park, in Northern California,
No one has ever seen a giant squid in its natural habitat.
