SEM+Show+What+I+Know

Show What I Know

Kinds of Sentences 1. Declarative-"I think I will go to the store today." 2. Interrogative-"Did you see the little girl crying about she stubbed he toe on the playground?" 3. Imperative-"Go clean you room right now." 4. Exclamatory-"My sister is being attacked by a bear!"

Correcting a run-on 1. Use a semicolon-Tyler fell down the steep bank of the Mississippi River; his mother pulled him out of the freezing water. 2. Use a comma-The rain pounded down on him, so he got out his umbrella. 3. Use a period-Light poured from the open window. 4. Use a subordinating conjunction-The small girl cried after he mother went away.

Sentence Structure 1. Simple-I love pandas. 2. Complex-After the explosive fireworks, the building caught on fire from a malfunction inside. 3. Compound-My brothers love the fat on steak and pork chops, but the fat makes me gag. 4. Compound/complex-While it was raining, mushrooms sprouted in the yard, but my dad mowed them down.

<span style="background-color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15pt;">Figurative Language <span style="background-color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">1. Simile- The flow of the river was like the continuous flow of insults from my older brothers mouth. <span style="background-color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">2. Hyperbole-The cat's tail was so long it could have wrapped around the world times. <span style="background-color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">3. Onomatopoeia-Boom! The building exploded! <span style="background-color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">4. Metaphor-The frog was a bump on a pickle. <span style="background-color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">5. Alliteration-Tina Turtle twirled tightly in a tiny tutu. <span style="background-color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'comic sans ms',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">6. Personification-The mud pulled me down with its cold, brown fingers.

<span style="background-color: #000000; color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 15pt;">Writing Styles <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">1. Absolute-Head spinning, body aching, the young woman fainted on the journey to a hidden land. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">2. Appositive-Laura, the young girl out of __House on the Prarie,__ grew up with her mother, father, and three sisters. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">3. Adverb for Effect-"I am going to be a teacher," Laura stated excitedly. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">4. Adjective Beginning-Quickly, her companions hefted the small woman back onto her horse and hurried to find a spot to rest, fearing for her life. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">5. Dash-It turned out the woman had a fever - yellow fever. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">6. SpeakerTag-"Get some water from that river down there!" a man shouted urgently while gently laying the fragile woman on the ground. <span style="background-color: #000000; color: #0000ff; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left;">7. Vivid Verb-Hastily, the man blanketed the shivering, ill woman in a dirty, woven sheet up to her neck so she wouldn't get colder.