BC+Show+What+You+Know

BC Show What I Know

KINDS OF SENTENCES  DECLARATIVE: Go do your homework. IMPERATIVE: Did you know that people are animals? INTERROGATIVE: How did you get that answer? EXCLAMATORY: OMG! I lost my shoes!

CORRECT A RUN-ON SENTENCE 1. Add a comma and put a conjunction; I like to play baseball, but i hate playing second base. 2. Put a period in between the two sentences that run on and capitalize the first word; I like to play baseball. I hate playing second base. 3. Add a semi-colon in between the two sentences; I like to play baseball; I hate playing second base. 4. Add a subordinating conjection in between the two sentences; I love playing baseball, while at the same time I hate playing second base.

SENTENCE STRUCTURE SIMPLE: I love to play sports. COMPOUND: I love to play sports, but they sometimes get in the way of school work. COMPLEX: I love to play sports, while at the same time they sometimes get in the way of schoolwork. COMPOUND/COMPLEX: I love to play sports because they are really fun, but they get in the way of schoolwork.

FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE 

SIMILE: I run as fast as a cheetah. HYPERBOLE: My locker is an abyss. ONOMATOPOEIA: BURRRHHH! It's cold out there. METAPHOR: I am a cheetah when I run. ALLITERATION: The wind whispered wildly in my ear. PERSONIFICATION: The wind whispered in my ear.

WRITING STYLES ABSOLUTE: Mind blowing, wind storming, I hit the baseball over the fence. APPOSITIVE: Cameron, our power hitter, hit 6 home-runs last year. ADVERB FOR EFFECT: " That was the first home-run I have ever hit", I said proudly. ADJECTIVE BEGINNING: Proudly, I hit my first home-run. DASH: I hit a home-run over the fence - it was way over. SPEAKER TAG: " That was my first home-run" I said holding my head up high.