Parts of Speech
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What part of speech is the word canary in the following sentence: The canary yellow corvette shot past us on the Interstate.
What is an adjective?
100
What is wrong with this sentence: Yesterday, the boys went outside and play by themselves all afternoon.
The issue is tense shift. The word yesterday indicates that this happened in the past; the verb went is a past-tense verb so it's okay, but the verb play is not a past tense verb. The sentence should read: Yesterday, the boys went outside and played by themselves all afternoon.
100
Does this sentence contain an example of hyperbole or alliteration? Sarah heard a million beeps during her walk down 5th Avenue.
Hyperbole-- million is a ridiculous exaggeration.
100
What does MLA stand for?
Modern Language Association
100
What is a suffix?
A suffix is a part of a word that is added to the end of a word. Example: write+ing= writing
200
Identify and explain how this sentence would change if the verb changed to its opposite: Sherry and Sean ran when they heard the sound of growling wolves.
The verb is ran; if ran was changed to its opposite (stopped or walked), the people in the sentence may have been hurt by the wolves.
200
Correct this sentence: Oliver was upset this morning, because his little brother fed his homework to squeezy there pet Boa Constrictor.
Oliver was upset this morning because his little brother fed his homework to Squeezy, their pet boa constrictor.
200
Define a compound-complex sentence.
A compound-complex sentence contains two or more independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause.
200
What is a protagonist?
A protagonist is the main character in the story; often the good guy.
200
What is a prefix?
A prefix is a part of a word that comes before the base or root word. Example: rewrite
300
Define the function of an adverb--what does it do?
An adverb describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
300
Correct this sentence: Flora smiled, and introduced her too hanging plants as Phil and Rhoda Dendron.
Flora smiled and introduced her two hanging plants as Phil and Rhoda Dendron. There is no need for a comma between the two parts of the compound verb (smiled and introduced). Two is a word to use when expressing a number.
300
What is wrong here? The spider monkey, found chiefly in Costa Rica and Nicaragua.
This sentence is a fragment-- it needs a verb.
300
Define onomatopoeia.
An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like what it means.
300
Identify the coordinating conjunction in this sentence: Judy wrote down the number, but she lost it.
The coordinating conjunction is but; it is used with a preceding comma.
400
Identify all of the adjectives in the following sentence: After church, we quickly stopped at Kroger, where I bought four bananas, a box of dried cranberries, and a fresh head of lettuce.
There are three adjectives: four describes how many bananas I bought; dried describes what kind of cranberries I bought; and fresh describes the head of lettuce I bought.
400
Correct this sentence: After Lee took a break to walk his Iguana and pet his Python he went back to work on his marshmellow sculpture.
After Lee took a break to walk his iguana an pet python, he went to work on his marshmallow sculpture. Iguana & Python are not proper nouns. There needs to be a comma after the introductory phrase. Marshmallow is the correct spelling.
400
Correct this sentence's punctuation. Mrs Atkins woke up late this morning she was late for school
Mrs. Atkins woke up late this morning; she was late for school.
400
Name the five parts of a plot-- represented by a Freytag Pyramid.
Exposition; Rising Action; Climax; Falling Action; Resolution
400
Explain the purpose of a Paraphrase Card.
A paraphrase card is used to take information from a source and put it into your own words.
500
Identify the preposition in the following sentence: Abby crawled across the floor.
The preposition is across-- it indicates WHERE she crawled.
500
My brother Leo, spent the hole morning trying to turn the shower stall into a time machine.
My brother Leo spent whole morning trying to turn the shower stall into a time machine. There is no need for a comma after Leo. A hole is a void in the ground or something else; whole refers to all of something.
500
Identify what type of sentence this is: Because Joe wanted to keep his guitar with him, they decided against taking a plane.
This is a complex sentence; it one independent clause and one subordinate clause.
500
Name four genres of Literature we have discussed in class.
Drama, Poetry, Novel, and Short Story
500
EVERYONE PLAYS! Each team needs a half sheet of paper and a writing utensil.
Create an MLA citation from the following information. Author: Matt Williamson Title: The Great Debate: Basketball vs. Football Publisher: Sports Illustrated, LLC. Website: si.com Date Published: June 13, 2009 Medium: Web Date Accessed: March 14, 2013 Full URL:
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