eQuizShow

English 6 Writing

Punctuation

Question: What is usually at the end of onamonapia?
Answer: !

Question: This mark is called a "full stop" in Great Britain and is found at the end of sentences.
Answer: .

Question: Identify this mark... ;
Answer: Semicolon

It is used instead of a period to tell the reader that the next clause is related to the first.

Tim went to the basketball court; he was afraid to play in the game for fear of being to short.

Question: Identify the following mark.... :
Answer: Colon

It informs the reader that you are about to list or prove something

Question: How does one write an ellipsis?
Answer: ...

Potent Potables

Question: What is the longest river in the world?
Answer: The Nile

Question: Capital of New York State
Answer: Albany

Question: What basketball team does LeBron James play for?
Answer: Miami Heat

Question: How many weeks in a year?
Answer: 52

Question: How high is a regulation basketball hoop?
Answer: 10 feet

Show, don't tell

Question: John is tall.
Answer: Show answer

Question: Tom is ready to go play baseball.
Answer: Show answer.

Question: Mr. Petty is very strong.
Answer: Show answer.

Question: It is cold outside.
Answer: Show answer.

Question: Peanut Butter is sticky in my mouth.
Answer: Show answer.

Anagrams

Question: drieop
Answer: period

Question: hilngse
Answer: English

Question: lhoocs
Answer: school

Question: rehpatom
Answer: metaphor

Question: litreray deivecs
Answer: literary devices

Literary Devices

Question: What is a metaphor?
Answer: Saying one thing is another.

Question: What is a simile?
Answer: Using like or as for comparison.

Question: What is an allusion?
Answer: A reference to something famous.

Question: BANG
Answer: onomatopoeia

Question: What is an allegory?
Answer: Allegory is very similar to a symbol. It is an object, idea, or story that symbolizes something else. An example would be- the eagle has landed.