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KINDS OF SENTENCES 1. Declaritive- I'm going to the store to buy milk for breakfast in the morning. 2. Imperative- Go set the table for dinner. 3. Interrogative- "How many times do I have to tell you to clean your room?" 4. Exclamatory- He jumped over the 7 foot fence without touching it!!!!

CORRECT A RUN-ON SENTENCE 1. Seperate the sentence using periods. 2. Add a comma and conjunction. 3. Place a semicolon between the sentences. 4. Add a subordinating conjunction.

SENTENCE STRUCTURE  1. Simple- I swam at the beach. 2. Compound- I stayed at home and Bobby went to to the store. 3. Complex- While roaming the grounds, the guards notice a flicker in the curtains, but fail to investigate. 4. Compound/Complex- I go to my friends house to hang out and swim, but Travis goes to Mason's house to act crazy and play Guitar Hero.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE 1. Simile- The experience was like a sledgehammer hitting my head over and over again--cruel and unforgiving. 2. Metaphor- She was a charging bull, rearing back to attack the brother that was her victim. 3. Hyperbole- The world fell apart as he spoke those words that were meant to tear my heart into shreds. 4. Onomatopeoia- Patter patter, went the tiny scamper of mouse feet that tried to be secret. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">5. Personification- The wind's hollow echo vibrated in my ears and bounced around while I tried to make sense of what I was seeing.

<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 20pt;">WRITING STYLES <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">1. Absolute- Spit flying, nostrils flaring, Travis yelled at Matthew while theatrically waving his hands. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">2. Adjective beginning- Jovial, we laughed so hard that we couldn't breathe because of Matthew's baby sneeze. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">3. Appositive- Elizabeth, our pitcher, slid the worn ball out of her fingertips with amazing speed and agility. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">4. Dash- I scramble for the stairs, hoping to escape--but I was too late 5. Adverb for Effect- She dashed for the stairs desperately. 6. Speaker Tag- " I've had enough of this." He growled, grabbing his coat to leave. 7. Vivid Verb- He quickly grabbed the gem away and snarled viciously.