Parts of Speech
What part of speech is the word in quotation marks?
The song was "very" beautiful.
What is an adverb?
That dog has no teeth.
What is a simple sentence?
What are the forms of the verb "to be"?
is, are, was, were, am, be, being, been
"Light the first page, light the second page. Each becomes a black butterfly. Beautiful, eh? Light the third page from the second and so on, chainsmoking, chapter by chapter, all the silly things the words mean, all the false promises, all the second-hand notions and time-worn philosophies.’”
—Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury
What is a metaphor?
Correct or Incorrect? If incorrect, why?
Even though he had the better arguments and was by far the more powerful speaker.
Incorrect - fragment
What is the part of speech of the word in quotation marks?
The cow roamed "behind" the barn.
What is a preposition?
Dancing is Bill's worst nightmare, yet his parents forced him to take lessons.
What is a compound sentence?
The following is an example of which figurative language device?
"Well now, one winter it was so cold that all the geese flew backward and all the fish moved south and even the snow turned blue. Late at night, it got so frigid that all spoken words froze solid afore they could be heard. People had to wait until sunup to find out what folks were talking about the night before."
Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox
Hyperbole
"And the meeting-house windows, blank and bare,
Gaze at him with a spectral glare
As if they already stood aghast
At the bloody work they would look upon.”
‘Paul Revere’s Ride’ - Longfellow
What is personification?
Correct or Incorrect? If incorrect, why?
While the flock of pigeons, pecking at sandwich crumbs and strutting along the sidewalk as if to say to passersby, "We own the block," crossed into the territory of our rose garden.
Incorrect - fragment
What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun and answers the questions which one(s)? how many/much? or what kind(s)
Adjectives
After I correcting all of my grammar mistakes, I cannot even remember my name!
What is a complex sentence?
What type of essay is this?
A piece of academic writing where you use logic and reason to show that your point of view is more legitimate than any other - you must expose clear arguments and support them by convincing facts and logical reasons
Persuasive
“Delia was an overbearing cake with condescending frosting, and frankly, I was on a diet.”
―Lament: The Faerie Queen's Deception, Maggie Stiefvater
What is a metaphor?
Correct or incorrect? If incorrect, why?
The complex houses married and single soldiers and their families.
Correct
Which part of speech is the word in quotations?
Jonathon loved "running" to the bus in the morning.
What is a gerund?
Although the gorilla is incredibly strong, its numbers are rapidly dwindling, and they will soon be lost to the world forever.
What is an compound-complex sentence?
What type of essay is this?
an academic assignment that examines and evaluates a work of literature or a given aspect of a specific literary piece
literary analysis
I’ve got a nice place here,” he said, his eyes flashing about restlessly.
Turning me around by one arm, he moved a broad flat hand along the front vista, including in its sweep a sunken Italian garden, a half acre of deep, pungent roses, and a snub-nosed motor-boat that bumped the tide offshore.
(The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
What is understatement?
Correct or incorrect? If incorrect, why?
My favorite Mediterranean spread is hummus, it is very garlicky.
Incorrect - Run-On sentence.
What part of speech connects words or groups of words? Examples are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so?
(Coordinating) Conjunctions
Jake and Jim want to eat and play Fortnite all day.
What is a simple sentence?
Active or Passive Voice?
Every night, the office is vacuumed and dusted by the cleaning crew.
Passive
He murmured the words, “I’m sorry,” but she didn’t think he was sincere.
What is onomatopoeia?
Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.
Correct!