What is an example of a metaphor?

My friend is a Shakespeare when in English class.

What is a noun clause?

A dependent clause that acts like a noun?

A brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea

What is personification?

representing an abstract quality/idea as a person/creature

What is the definition of irony?

A meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning

A quotation from or reference to piece of literature

What is an interjection?

A word used to express emotion.

How do you find an indirect object?

"subject," "verb," "direct object," "to/for whom or what?"

What is in an independent clause?

There is a subject, verb, and complete thought.

Two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.

What is a complete subject?

Part of sentence about which something is being said.

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What is an example of a metaphor?
They have not learned how to catch the cat.
My friend is a Shakespeare when in English class.
He has learned gymnastics, and is as agile as a monkey.
The house stood half-demolished and abandoned.
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What is a simile?
Where an idea or an animal is given human attributes.
“Like” or “as.”
An exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis.
Making a comparison between two things that are unrelated
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What is a direct object?
"Under what?"
"Subject," "linking verb," "what?"
"Subject," "verb," "direct object," "to/for whom or what?"
"Subject" "verb" "what?"
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What is a noun clause?
An independent clause that acts like a noun?
A dependent clause that acts like a noun?
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What is an attitude of a writer toward a subject or an audience?
Tone
foreshadowing
mood
allusion
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In every paragraph, what do you need to staart with?
Supporting sentences
Topic sentence
Details
Concluding sentences
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What is allusion?
A brief reference to a person, place, thing, event, or idea
Extravagant exaggeration
Using words that imitate the sound they denote
The repetition of initial consonant sounds
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What is it called when there are three dots in a row?
Period
Dash
Hyphen
Ellipis
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What involves an exaggeration of ideas for the sake of emphasis?
Hyperbole
Oxymoron
Assonance
Allusion
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What is personification?
using the five senses
using words that imitate the sound they denote
representing an abstract quality/idea as a person/creature
Compares two different things using like or as
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What is the definition of irony?
Conjoining contradictory terms
A meaning that is the opposite of its literal meaning
Using words that imitate the sound they denote
An expression whose meanings cannot be inferred
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What do you use to form the plural form of letters and numbers
Commas
Dash
Colon
Apostrophe
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What is citation?
Used before and after a quotation
A quotation from or reference to piece of literature
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Intransitive verb
Does not take a direct object
Takes a direct object
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What is often used in drama to reveal the innermost thoughts of a character?
Soliloquy
Foreshadowing
Tone
Allusion
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What is an interjection?
A word used to express emotion.
A person, place, or thing
A word placed before a noun or pronoun.
the joining of words, phrases, or clauses.
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How do you find an indirect object?
"subject" "verb" "what?"
"subject," "verb," "direct object," "to/for whom or what?"
"subject," "linking verb," "what?"
"under what?"
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What is it called when a writer gives an advance hint of what is to come later in the story?
Foreshadowing
Allusion
Imagery
Mood
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What is the language used by the people of a specific area, class, or district?
Dialect
Mood
Allusion
Tone
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What modifies or describes a noun or pronoun?
Verb
Adverb
Preposition
Adjective
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You capitalize everything EXCEPT:
initials or abbreviations
Common nouns
Historical events, documents, and periods of time
Proper nouns
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What is in an independent clause?
There is a subject, verb, and complete thought.
It starts with a subordinate conjunction.
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What is an oxymoron?
Where a character achieves realization or awareness
A statement that appears to be self-contradictory.
Represent objects, actions, and ideas in physical senses.
Two opposite ideas are joined to create an effect.
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Transitive verb
Does not take a direct object
Takes a direct object
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What is a complete subject?
Main word (for group of words) in the complete sentence.
Completes meaning of the subject and verb types.
Part of sentence about which something is being said.
Part of sentence that says something about the subject.

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