With a basketball, a bowling ball,and baseball bat he came.He had golf clubs, cleats and catcher’s mittsto help him in the game. He had Rollerblades and elbow padswith climbing ropes and straps,plus athletic shorts and running shoes to race a couple laps. He was schlepping all his scuba gear,his snorkel and his mask.He had suitable accessoriesfor […]
I’m feeling sick and getting worse.I think I’d better see the nurse.I’m sure I should go home today.It could be fatal if I stay.I’m nauseated, nearly ill.I have a fever and a chill.I have a cold. I have the flu.I’m turning green and pink and blue.I have the sweats. I have the shakes,a stuffy nose, […]
My teacher took my iPod. She said they had a rule; I couldn’t bring it into class or even to the school. She said she would return it; I’d have it back that day. But then she tried my headphones on and gave a click on Play. She looked a little startled, but after just […]
Today I wrote this poem,but I’m not sure if it’s good.It doesn’t have the thingsmy teacher says a poem should. It doesn’t share the feelingsI have deep inside of me.It hasn’t any metaphorsand not one simile. It’s missing any narrative.Alliteration too.It isn’t an acrostic,diamante, or haiku. There’s nothing that’s personified.It doesn’t have a plot.I’m pretty […]
A preposition is an important part of the English language. It is used to show a relationship between the noun and pronoun in a sentence. A preposition must always be followed by a noun or pronoun in a sentence. It can never be followed by a verb. There are many examples of prepositions that will […]
conjunction join words or word groups. words Billy and Joaquin played basketball this morning. Ask her to call heads or tails phrases I kept my treasure under the bed or in a box. Penguins have white bellies and black wings.
A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren’t alike but do have something in common. Unlike a simile, where two things are compared directly using like or as, a metaphor’s comparison is more indirect by stating something is something else. A metaphor is very expressive; it is not meant to […]
A candy bar. A piece of cake. A lollipop. A chocolate shake. A jelly donut. Chocolate chips. Some gummy worms and licorice whips. A candy cane. A lemon drop. Some bubblegum and soda pop. Vanilla wafers. Cherry punch. My mom slept in while I made lunch. –Kenn Nesbitt
Alazay: Amazing rhyming.
An interjection is a part of speech that shows the emotion or feeling of the author. These words or phrases can stand alone or be placed before or after a sentence. Many times an interjection is followed by a punctuation mark, often an exclamation point. here are some examples: Ahem – The sound of someone […]
the dark netizen: Nicely done! :D