Name the type of figurative language: He is my rock.
metaphor
Name the type of figurative language: Dan danced until dawn.
alliteration
Name the type of figurative language: That teacher really drives me nuts!
Idiom
Pick the best word: They ____ how many miles they could go on a quarter tank and ran out of gas. (misread, mishandled, miscalculated)
miscalculated
Use the best Subordinating Conjunction: ____ you stay on the beach for hours, be sure to use sunblock.
Whenever/if/when
Is the sentence punctuated correctly? Although Janet has cancer she is determined to win this battle.
No. You need a comma after the dependent clause "Although Janet has cancer."
Where do we add punctuation? Karen asked "Are you going to the game"
Add comma after "asked" and question mark after "game."
Name that figurative language! My cat weighs a ton!
hyperbole
Name that figurative language! The teacher threw us a curve ball when she announced the pop quiz.
idiom
Name that figurative language! She is as cute as a button!
simile
Which comma is placed incorrectly? No, Janet, you cannot go to the party, because you have not finished your chores.
There should not be a comma before a subordinating conjunction (because).
Where should we add a comma? Before our trip to Disney, we are going to the beach and then we are stopping at Universal.
beach, and (This is a compound sentence.)
Is the sentence punctuated correctly? After we won the game we ate at Mellow Mushroom!
No. Add a comma after the dependent clause "After we won the game."
Name four Subordinating Conjunctions.
Although, whenever, when, wherever, because, though, if, as if, until, since, before, after
Name that figurative language! The angry clouds shouted across the the dark sky!
personification
