Grammar with Grandma: Conjunctions, Contractions, & more.

Which literary device uses the words "like", "as", or "than" to compare two or more things?

• Imagery

• Metaphor

• Simile

• Personification

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Students should avoid using contractions when writing a college level, analysis paper. "Can't" should be cannot, . . . Shouldn't should be. . .

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CCSS.L.2.2C

When a conjunction (F.A.N.B.O.Y.S) connects two subjects: (Tom and Jerry are famous): one should add a comma before the conjunction "and" ? TRUE or FALSE ?

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the following examples shows that conjunctions can combine both subjects and objects in one sentence?

• Kaipo and Robbi like to eat chips for dinner.

• Kaipo and Robbi like to eat chips and salsa for dinner.

• Robbi eats and smashes her chips at dinner time.

• Robbi and Kaipo bake and eat chips for dinner

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CCSS.L.1.1G

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.5.1E

Which literary device ensures that certain words in a poem sound alike?

• Rhyme

• Repetition

• Symbolism

• Alliteration

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Which sentence is the more appropriate?: Number 1 or Number 2?

1. In my opinion, Buck is most content when living in the wild.

2. Buck is most content when living in the wild.

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

Groups or sections of sentences/phrases in a poem are called. . .

• Paragraphs

• Verses

• Sentences

• Stanzas

__________car is the red Ferrari parked in front of __________house.

Choose the correct answer below for both spaces.

• There

• They're

• Their

• Thare

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CCSS.L.3.1A

______________was a spider sitting by her way over______________.

Select the correct word for both spaces.

• Their

• They're

• There

• Thare

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which literary device repeats consonants in a phrase for emphasis? Ex: "Picky people pick Peter Pan peanut butter."

• Alliteration

• Repetition

• Assonance

• Imagery