Parts of Speech Potpourri
What part of speech is the word 'she' in the sentence below:
Reluctantly, she handed in her messy and hurried essay to the teacher.
She=pronoun=Subject
An interruption in the action of a story, play, or piece of nonfiction, to show an episode that happened at an earlier time.
Flashback
What is the following sentence an example of?
She withered like a leaf under his stare.
Where characters, setting, and the central conflict is introduced
EXPOSITION (Introduction)
I went to the store _?_made dinner
1) then
2) than
Then=to show time
What part of speech is the word 'messy' in the sentence below:
Reluctantly, she handed in her messy and hurried essay to the teacher.
messy=adjective
The time and place in which a story takes place.
Setting
What is the following sentence an example of?
The final exam was a piece of cake!
Idiom
Where any 'loose ends', lingering questions get taken care of/answered
Falling Action
(Denouement)
Do you _?_how to make an apple pie from scratch?
1) know
2) no
3)gnough
KNOW
What part of speech is the word 'teacher' in the sentence below:
Reluctantly, she handed in her messy and hurried essay to the teacher.
teacher=noun
Point of View
The dragged along that it felt like I had aged a million years!
Hyperbole
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!!!
Two ways to call the ending of a story
Resolution
Conclusion
_?_did you get that beautiful hat?
1) Were
2) Where
3) Wear
Where
What part of speech is the word 'the' in the sentence below:
Reluctantly, she handed in her messy and hurried essay to the teacher.
the=article/determiner=adjective
A reference to a real person, place, thing, idea within another work of literature.
Allusion
What is the following sentence an example of?
The crackling of the fire was soothing and calming to listen to.
Onomatopoeia
Where the central conflict gets solved or resolved
CLIMAX
The _?_ kids had bought _?_ much candy when they went _?_ the store.
1) to, two, too
2) two, too, to
3) two, too, to
3) two, too, to
What part of speech is the word 'Reluctantly' in the sentence below:
Reluctantly, she handed in her messy and hurried essay to the teacher.
Reluctantly=adverb
The author's attitude towards their writing.
Tone
DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What two figurative language examples are being used in the following sentence?
Mickey Mouse gobbled up the slice of cake as quickly as the click of the second hand!
Personification & Simile
Where events surround the central conflict
Rising Action
_?_ the most wonderful time of the year: summer!!
1) Its
2)It's
3)Its'
It's