A compound subject consists of two or more subjects, usually joined by a conjunction and.
Examples:
The earth and the sky are common topics in Philippine mythology.
The gentle shower and warm sunshine kindled hope for calm and peaceful days.
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Examples of Alliteration
Alliteration are more than two words in a row that begin with the same consonant.
Example of Alliteration
1. The angry alligators ate a lot.
2. Careless cabbies cut corners and create chaos.
3. The silly shakes slithered toward sally.
4. Tim tickled her teeny, tiny toe.
Example of Alliteration
1. The angry alligators ate a lot.
2. Careless cabbies cut corners and create chaos.
3. The silly shakes slithered toward sally.
4. Tim tickled her teeny, tiny toe.
Examples of Homograph
Homograph is a word spelled the same and sound the same but has a different meaning.
Examples of Homograph
1. The girl with the bow in her hair took a bow after the performance.
2. I feel well enough today to help dig the well.
3. He dove behind a tree when he saw the dove.
Examples of Homograph
1. The girl with the bow in her hair took a bow after the performance.
2. I feel well enough today to help dig the well.
3. He dove behind a tree when he saw the dove.
Examples of Cause and Effect
When one event makes another event happens there is cause and effect. Cause tells why something happens, it is the reason. The effect tells what happens, it is the result. You may use signal words like because, since, so, so that, to, in order to, in order that, as a result, and therefore to identify cause-and-effect relationship.
Examples
Examples
- Darren's friend Denver had moved away so Darren decided to write him a letter.
- Since Kyle often ate too much, he became fat.
- She was a failure because she gave up.
- In order to win a contest, you should have determination and self-trust.
What is a Story Map?
A story map is a graphic organizer that helps us to organize the information from the books that we read. When we use a story map as a pre and post-reading activity, we can increase our reading comprehension.
Name of story book:
Authors:
Setting: When, Where
Characters: Who
Problem
Story events: Beginning, Middle, End
Solutions:
The story map teaches us about story structure and the elements that make a good story.
Name of story book:
Authors:
Setting: When, Where
Characters: Who
Problem
Story events: Beginning, Middle, End
Solutions:
The story map teaches us about story structure and the elements that make a good story.
Examples of Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia is a word representing a sound.
Here is the list of some examples of onomatopoeia:
Ahem. Could we have your attention please?
Don't beep that horn again.
The chains clanked as the prisoner moved about his cell.
Ding went the bell as it fell on the floor.
Eek! I saw a mouse.
The birds were fluttering their wings.
The water gushed out of the hole.
The owl hooted as it sat in the tree.
She loved to jangle her bracelets.
I heard a knock at the door.
The cows in the pasture mooed loudly.
Ouch! You steped on my toe.
Phew, that stinks.
The duck quacked at the bird.
Someone rings the bell.
The mud hit the way with a splat!
The clock goes ticktock
Ugh, that cough syrup tastes nasty.
The cars vroomed past us.
Yikes! I almost fell off my skateboard.
Zip up your pants.
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Here is the list of some examples of onomatopoeia:
Ahem. Could we have your attention please?
Don't beep that horn again.
The chains clanked as the prisoner moved about his cell.
Ding went the bell as it fell on the floor.
Eek! I saw a mouse.
The birds were fluttering their wings.
The water gushed out of the hole.
The owl hooted as it sat in the tree.
She loved to jangle her bracelets.
I heard a knock at the door.
The cows in the pasture mooed loudly.
Ouch! You steped on my toe.
Phew, that stinks.
The duck quacked at the bird.
Someone rings the bell.
The mud hit the way with a splat!
The clock goes ticktock
Ugh, that cough syrup tastes nasty.
The cars vroomed past us.
Yikes! I almost fell off my skateboard.
Zip up your pants.
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Examples of Hyphenated Compounds
- I was amazed to see a 60-pound jug of strawberry jam.
- By-and-by, I will give you chocolate.
- Those trees are already deep-rooted.
- The machine is egg-shaped and works like a washing machine.
- His heart was touched by this five-year-old boy.
- Can you cite any history-making stride you saw.
- I do not wonder why he is a ill-bred.
- We arrived late at a jam-packed coliseum.
- He is a kind-hearted friend.
- Each of them creates a life-like replica of the things around.
- The people trooped to the memorial-parks to pay respect to the dead.
- One of the boys in the choir surprises everyone with his nightingale-like voice.
- Do you also hear one-syllable surnames in your neighborhood.
- The sweet flowers are bought by a perfume-producing companies abroad.
- You must drink this medicine every quarter-hour.
- Who created Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
- Why did the snow-white berries of the mulberry tree turn deep blood red.
- I was called to receive an unlooked-for reward.
- The vice-president rejected the position offered by the president.
- The shelf is full of well-organized books.
- After an X-ray examination on my chest the doctor fount out that I have a clear lungs.
- You should not branded him as a yellow-belly.
- Some of the merchandise in our store are zero-rated.
Examples of Two-word Compounds
The underlined words below are the examples of Two-word compounds.
- Their garden has barbed wire around it.
- Massed skeleton of coral is what is referred to as coral reef.
- Desert areas of the United States, Mexico, and Africa have dry climates.
- An electric motor is a machine that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy.
- The first prize goes to James.
- The gentle breeze cools his forehead.
- The health officer was commended for his good deed.
- An inclined plane is a simple machine.
- The jubilant emcee kept his audience wide awake throughout the program.
- The animal trainer surely made a hit with his leaping lions.
- A movable pulley does not change the direction of a force.
- The ozone layer protects Earth from the violet rays of the sun.
- The physical health of an individual pertains to the condition of his body.
- Queen Grace sat on his throne very elegantly.
- They congratulated the radio announcer for airing the news promptly.
- Space shuttles are modern spacecraft that are reusable.
- I have lost ten pounds.
- The upper tract consists of the nose, nasal cavity and pharynx.
- Mr. Dela Cruz was acknowledged by the vivacious host for his presence.
- The wet season is characterized by frequent rainfall.
- Yellow fever is an infectious tropical fever caused by virus transmitted by mosquitoes.
- Zoological garden is a place where animals are kept and shown.
Examples of One-word Compounds
Compound word comes from two words that are put together.
The underlined words below are the examples of one-word compounds.
The underlined words below are the examples of one-word compounds.
- The aftermath of war was hunger and disease.
- His backbone was injured.
- Get a corkscrew and open that bottle.
- His age is the drawback in getting a job.
- He is just a figurehead in the government.
- May I borrow your grindstone?
- He plunged headlong into the sea.
- We should put the fist you bought in an icebox to keep them fresh.
- Crossing the street without observing traffic rules makes you a jaywalker.
- Give me a picture for a keepsake before you leave.
- Leadership in the party is being challenged.
- We use a motorboat for fishing.
- There is a mountain in the northwest of our province.
- The cart was slow because of the overload.
- Little boys should not carry pocketknives.
- He said a questionable statement before the court.
- He is walking along the riverside.
- I entrust these jewels to you for safekeeping.
- The sweetest lanzones always seem to grow on the topmost branches.
- The uprising was suppressed.
- The walkout was done in an orderly manner.
- Ask yourself what you really want.
Examples of Limericks
Limericks are humorous five-line poems. Lines 1, 2 and 5 usually have 8 syllables. Lines 3 and 4 usually have 5 syllables.
There was a young person named Bright,
Whose speed was much faster that light,
He set out one day,
In a quiet way,
And returned on the previous night.
---
There was a young person named Ned,
Who dined, before going to bed,
On lobster and ham,
And pickles and jam,
And when he awoke he was dead.
---
There was a young lady whose nose
Was so long it reached to her toes.
Soon she hired an old lady,
Whose conduct was steady,
To carry that wonderful nose.
---
There was a man who was bitten
By twenty-two cats and kitten.
Sighed he, "It is clear,
My finish is near.
How I wish I am not beaten."
---
There was an old man from Peru
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in the night,
In a terrible fright,
And found it was perfectly true.
---
An old man once asked the crew,
"Tell me how I should add two and two.
I think more and more
That it makes about four,
But I fear that is almost too few."
---
A doctor who lived down the street
Was so comforting, for she was sweet.
And every sick guy
Who would come by
Would get well soon after a treat.
---
There was once a strange woman
Who had a fancy for the number one.
Last summer
She hired a carpenter
So her roof would look like 1.
---
There was a barber named Tony,
He would cut hair to suit your fancy.
One summer day,
He met little Rey,
Who wouldn't have a haircut without candy.
---
I have a teacher named Mr. Wong.
He always begins the class with a song.
"Ta-da-dee,
Follow me."
He hums as we learn our lesson.
---
There was a boy who loves to read
Bought all the books that he could bid
Until one day
He moved away
He left his books to a little kid.
---
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There was a young person named Bright,
Whose speed was much faster that light,
He set out one day,
In a quiet way,
And returned on the previous night.
---
There was a young person named Ned,
Who dined, before going to bed,
On lobster and ham,
And pickles and jam,
And when he awoke he was dead.
---
There was a young lady whose nose
Was so long it reached to her toes.
Soon she hired an old lady,
Whose conduct was steady,
To carry that wonderful nose.
---
There was a man who was bitten
By twenty-two cats and kitten.
Sighed he, "It is clear,
My finish is near.
How I wish I am not beaten."
---
There was an old man from Peru
Who dreamed he was eating his shoe.
He awoke in the night,
In a terrible fright,
And found it was perfectly true.
---
An old man once asked the crew,
"Tell me how I should add two and two.
I think more and more
That it makes about four,
But I fear that is almost too few."
---
A doctor who lived down the street
Was so comforting, for she was sweet.
And every sick guy
Who would come by
Would get well soon after a treat.
---
There was once a strange woman
Who had a fancy for the number one.
Last summer
She hired a carpenter
So her roof would look like 1.
---
There was a barber named Tony,
He would cut hair to suit your fancy.
One summer day,
He met little Rey,
Who wouldn't have a haircut without candy.
---
I have a teacher named Mr. Wong.
He always begins the class with a song.
"Ta-da-dee,
Follow me."
He hums as we learn our lesson.
---
There was a boy who loves to read
Bought all the books that he could bid
Until one day
He moved away
He left his books to a little kid.
---
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Examples of Cinquain Poems
A cinquain is a five-line poem. Each line has a certain number of syllables:
So soft and sweet,
Your petals amaze me,
Clinging to the center to meet
A feat!
---
The grass
Below my feet
While all the seasons pass
Like a long, majestic green street
A treat!
---
The moon
So far away
Let's watch it come real soon,
Wandering in a lazy way.
Please stay!
---
Turtles,
Thy walk
Slowly, carefully and surely
Along the white and sandy shore
Watch them!
---
Those birds
Swift and tiny
Flying, soaring, gliding,
Yonder in the far, blue skies
Swallows!
---
Sweet rose
lust red, tender
swaying, brimming, blushing
Inspiring temptation in me
blossom!
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- 1st line: 2 syllables
- 2nd line: 4 syllables
- 3rd line: 6 syllables
- 4th line: 8 syllables
- 5th line: 2 syllables
So soft and sweet,
Your petals amaze me,
Clinging to the center to meet
A feat!
---
The grass
Below my feet
While all the seasons pass
Like a long, majestic green street
A treat!
---
The moon
So far away
Let's watch it come real soon,
Wandering in a lazy way.
Please stay!
---
Turtles,
Thy walk
Slowly, carefully and surely
Along the white and sandy shore
Watch them!
---
Those birds
Swift and tiny
Flying, soaring, gliding,
Yonder in the far, blue skies
Swallows!
---
Sweet rose
lust red, tender
swaying, brimming, blushing
Inspiring temptation in me
blossom!
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Examples of Haiku Poems
Haiku poems is a typical Japanese poetry dealing with the importance of nature. It is a poem consisting of 17 syllables arranged in the following pattern:
Line 1 five syllables
Line 2 seven syllables
Line 3 five syllables
--- The Moon
Oh, Moon, I wonder
Just where do you go and why
You're always alone?
--- Trees
Trees everlasting
Refreshing green for my eyes
Guardians of the earth!
--- Rose
Hello, lovely Rose!
With petals red, white and pink,
What beauty! What joy!
--- Stars
Twinkling little stars,
Like sparkling gems in the sky,
See how they twinkle.
--- Mushroom
You, lonely mushroom
Beneath the old, fallen tree
Will you be my friend?
--- A Toad
A poor little toad
Was left in the cold, long road,
"Croak! Croak!" said the toad.
--- Rain
Rain, rain go away
Little Tommy likes to play
On a sunny day.
--- Clouds
Huge clouds, soft and white
Watching them is a great pride
In the skies above.
My hut, in spring:
true, there is nothing in it-
there is everything!
--Yamaguchi Sedo (1642-1716)
Bright the full moon shines:
here upon the matted floor,
shadows of the pine.
--Naito Joso (1661-1704)
Very soon they die-
But of that there is no sign in the locust-cry
there is everything!
--Matsu Basho (1644-1694)
How very cool it feels:
Taking a noonday nap, to have
This wall against my heels.
--Matsu Basho (1644-1694)
Droplets of rain pour
Onto the golden rice fields
Farmers run for shields
---
Walking at the shore
Throwing shells break to sea
A man cried softly.
Haikus on Life
Life's really simple
But man's wish to be happy
Makes it difficult
A journey unknown
Up hills, down the valleys
This journey called life
No reason is good enough
For wasting, for squandering
What is worth keeping
Haikus on Love
There's something 'bout love
You'll not know and understand
Until hits you
All I have is love
To keep me alive and free
Alive...free...like a bird
Soar across the sky
Soar high, soar without ceasing
This love, do soar now
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Line 1 five syllables
Line 2 seven syllables
Line 3 five syllables
--- The Moon
Oh, Moon, I wonder
Just where do you go and why
You're always alone?
--- Trees
Trees everlasting
Refreshing green for my eyes
Guardians of the earth!
--- Rose
Hello, lovely Rose!
With petals red, white and pink,
What beauty! What joy!
--- Stars
Twinkling little stars,
Like sparkling gems in the sky,
See how they twinkle.
--- Mushroom
You, lonely mushroom
Beneath the old, fallen tree
Will you be my friend?
--- A Toad
A poor little toad
Was left in the cold, long road,
"Croak! Croak!" said the toad.
--- Rain
Rain, rain go away
Little Tommy likes to play
On a sunny day.
--- Clouds
Huge clouds, soft and white
Watching them is a great pride
In the skies above.
My hut, in spring:
true, there is nothing in it-
there is everything!
--Yamaguchi Sedo (1642-1716)
Bright the full moon shines:
here upon the matted floor,
shadows of the pine.
--Naito Joso (1661-1704)
Very soon they die-
But of that there is no sign in the locust-cry
there is everything!
--Matsu Basho (1644-1694)
How very cool it feels:
Taking a noonday nap, to have
This wall against my heels.
--Matsu Basho (1644-1694)
Droplets of rain pour
Onto the golden rice fields
Farmers run for shields
---
Walking at the shore
Throwing shells break to sea
A man cried softly.
Haikus on Life
Life's really simple
But man's wish to be happy
Makes it difficult
A journey unknown
Up hills, down the valleys
This journey called life
No reason is good enough
For wasting, for squandering
What is worth keeping
Haikus on Love
There's something 'bout love
You'll not know and understand
Until hits you
All I have is love
To keep me alive and free
Alive...free...like a bird
Soar across the sky
Soar high, soar without ceasing
This love, do soar now
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Examples of Personification
Personification is a comparison that treats objects as if they were capable of the actions and feelings of people. It is giving human traits or qualities to an inanimate object.
- Time marches on.
- The flowers reached for the sky.
- The rolling brook sings a merry tune.
- The train's wheels ate up the tracks.
- The trees whispered their sorrows in breeze.
- The sun smiled at the children as they played in the park.
- The wind whispered your name to me.
- The dawn greeted me with a smile.
- The grass swallowed the dewdrops on an early morning.
- The moon is smiling at me.
- The cold wind caresses my cheeks.
- The lightning stabs the sky.
- The waves roll and tumble to the shore.
Examples of Simile
A simile is a figure of speech comparing two unlike things, often introduced with the words "like" or "as".
- The runner was like a horse dashing to the finish line.
- Her teeth are like sparkling pearls.
- The maiden's hair is like a hanging black carpet.
- Her grief is like a lead weight in her heart.
- He runs like a deer.
- Do not eat your food like a wolf.
- My pulse beats like a drum.
- The frozen meat is like hard steel.
- Darren maintains his haircut like a newly mowed lawn grass.
- The world trade center twin towers crumbled to the ground like a stack of cards.
- Her smile blossomed into a grin like a flower opening its petals.
- Her best friend's compliment tickled her like a feather.
- Death came to the accident victims like a thief in the night.
- The nervous child's hands are as cold as ice cubes.
- The night is as dark as as the inside of a coal bin.
- This lemonade surely tastes as sweet as honey.
- Everyone heard the angry man's voice which was as loud as thunder.
- As high as a post. Daniel has to bow his head everytime he passes by the door.
- His dad was as cool as a cucumber when he heard the news.
- Did you say that Superman is as hard as steel?
- Her lips are as red as the rose.
- The deer's eyes were as round as marbles.
- The cold-hearted general is said to have as hard as a rock.
- The view from the mountain top was as pretty as a picture.
- Frozen in fear, the hostage was as motionless as a statue.
- The hands of the laundrywoman were as rough as a sandpaper.
Examples of Metaphor
Metaphor - a figure of speech comparing two things without using the words "like" or "as".
Examples of Metaphors:
Examples of Metaphors:
- Her soft voice is music to our ears.
- The ballerina is a graceful swan gliding onstage.
- He has a heart of stone.
- Toto is the black sheep in the family.
- The speaker's voice was thunder to my ears.
- The woman is a lioness looking for her lost child.
- My mother is the sun of my life.
- You are the sunshine of my life.
- Life is a journey.
- My life has been a sea of troubles.
- School life was a breeze.
- My mother is an angel.
- My father is a rock.
- Her eyes were shining stars.
- Friendship is a sheltering tree.
- The moon is a balloon.
- Experience is a best teacher.
- Julie' so sweet. She is a ray of sunshine.
- He can eat anything - his stomach is a bottomless pit.
- All the world's a stage.
- She was a tigress when roused.
- Purposes are destinations.
- Difficulties are obstacles.
- Achievements are landmarks.
- You are the wind beneath my wings.
- They have their exits and their entrances.
- Then Jesus declared, 'I am the bread of life'.
- Your eye is the lamp of your body; when your eye is sound, your whole body is full of light; when it is not sound, your body is full of darkness.
- For all the tables are full with vomit and filthiness, so there is no place clean. [Isaiah 28:8]
What is Euphemism?
Euphemism - is a pleasant word or phrase used in place of a harsher word or phrase.
Examples:
Instead of "old person" you may use "senior citizen".
Instead of "used car" you may use "pre-owned vehicle".
Other examples:
Examples:
Instead of "old person" you may use "senior citizen".
Instead of "used car" you may use "pre-owned vehicle".
Other examples:
- died - passed away
- torture - enchanced interrogation
- toilet room - rest room
- garbage dump - sanitary landfill
- prison - correctional facility
- toilet paper - bathroom tissue
- garbage man - sanitation worker
- vomit bag - motion discomfort bag
- janitor - custodian
What is Palindrome?
Palindrome - a word or sentence that is the same when read forwards and backwards.
Word Examples:
pop, eye, nun, deed, noon, kayak, Hannah, pullup, racecar, level, pip, rotor, civic, radar, toot, dad
Sentence Examples:
Word Examples:
pop, eye, nun, deed, noon, kayak, Hannah, pullup, racecar, level, pip, rotor, civic, radar, toot, dad
Sentence Examples:
- Madam, I'm Adam.
- Was it a car or a cat I saw?
- Ma has a ham.
- Step on no pets.
- Rise to vote, sir.
- Never odd or even.
- If I had a hi-fi.
- Yo, banana boy!
- Do geese see God?
- No devil lived on.
- Ah, Satan sees Natasha.
- Was it a car or a cat I saw?
- Are we not drawn onward, we few, drawn onward to new era?
- No lemon, no melon.
- Now I see bees, I won.
- Ma is as selfless as I am.
- Nurse, I spy gypsies—run!
- Was it Eliot's toilet I saw?
- No, sir, away! A papaya war is on!
- Eva, can I see bees in a cave?
- So many dynamos!
- Red rum, sir, is murder.
- Never even.
- I prefer pi.
Famous Speech
Give us grace and strength to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind. Spare to us our friends and soften to us our enemies. Give us the strength to encounter that which is to come, that we may be brave in peril, constant in tribulation, temperate in wrath and in all changes of fortune, and down to the gates of death, loyal and loving to one another.
- Robert Louis Stevenson
- Robert Louis Stevenson
Translation of Hello! in different language.
hola! - Spanish
bonjour! - French
hallo! - German
ni hao! - Chinese
bonjour! - French
hallo! - German
ni hao! - Chinese
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