7th grade spiral review

spiral review

Poll

Which standard is the hardest for you to understand?

• dangling vs misplaced modifiers

• figures of speech

• sentence types (complex, compound..)

• analogies (education:learn)

Dangling vs Misplaced modifiers

Dangling modifiers: These sentences are missing the subject of the sentence and often have a word ending in -ing at the beginning.

A misplaced modifier has a group of words that are "misplaced" or in the wrong spot.

Both of these can result in confusion to the reader. Let's practice !

Multiple Choice

Hungry after being in class all morning, the cafeteria was filled with students.

• dangling

• misplaced

Multiple Choice

After cleaning all day, the apartment was as sterile as an operating room.

• dangling

• misplaced

Multiple Choice

Forgetting that the microphone was on, the crowd heard the Mayor's fight with his assistant.

• dangling

• misplaced

Next, let's practice figurative language!

(hyperbole, simile, personification, metaphor, idiom)

Multiple Choice

My alarm clock screams out at me every morning.

• personification

• idiom

• simile

Multiple Choice

I have given you directions to my house a MILLION TIMES.

• metaphor

• idiom

• hyperbole

Multiple Choice

He WAS a volcano, unable to contain his rage.

• personification

• simile

• metaphor

Types of Sentences

• simple (one independent clause)

• compound ( two independent clauses joined by a comma, FANBOYS)

• complex (one independent clause & one dependent clause)

  • compound/complex (2 independent clauses joined by a comma FANBOY, and one more more dependent clauses)

Poll

Which sentence type is the hardest for you to recognize?

• simple

• compound

• complex

• compound/complex

Let's Practice!

Multiple Choice

Even though he was having so much fun, he left the party early.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Multiple Choice

We went to the movies last night, and we really enjoyed it.

• simple

• compound

• compound/complex

Multiple Choice

We prepaid for our tickets, so we didn't have to stand in line at the concert.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Multiple Choice

If I want to make the basketball team, I have a lot of hard work ahead of me.

• simple

• compound

• complex

Comma and Quotation marks

Remember...comma quotation mark!

Multiple Select

Which sentence(s) use commas and quotation marks correctly?

• He said, "Send my receipt to my email."

• "Stop!" cried the mother. "You're going the wrong way!"

• "She said," I don't want to go.

Analogies

• Meant to compare two things to clarify or explain something

• The easiest way to find the answer is: 1) figure out the relationship between the two words, 2) put that in a sentence and read the choices.

Let's try it!

Multiple Choice

senate: congress: The senate is a part of congress.

• bulb : lamp

• president : senator

Multiple Choice

clean : immaculate: (These are both synonyms, but we are looking at degree of difference) There is clean and the next step up is immaculate.

• mean : vile

• sharp : dull

Multiple Choice

desk : office

• kitchen : bathroom

• buckle : belt