Parts of Speech
A noun can be a person, place, thing, or __________.
Fill-in the blank.
Idea
I heard the tires screech as he tried to put on brakes.
onomatopoeia
What is a gerund? Give a specific definition.
a verbal that acts as a noun and ends in -ing.
True or False: Second Person is commonly found in autobiographies.
False.
They would most likely be written in First Person or maybe even Third Person
Bobby went to the old woman's house. He did not know she was a witch. She offered him pancakes. She poisoned him, and then she ate him.
What's the conflict?
(answer in a complete sentence)
The witch ate Bobby.
Which part of speech is able to take the place of nouns?
pronouns
Fear knocked on the door. Faith answered. There was no one there.
What type of figurative language is being used?
personification
What is the verbal(s) in the sentence below?
Write the verbal(s) and the type of verbal.
The girl walked to the pizzeria to eat some pizza with her friends.
to eat-infinitive
We crossed the road to a white house inside a walled garden and found some food—two loaves of bread, and uncooked steak, and half of a ham.
What is the point of view?
first person point of view
What is a theme?
The lesson (moral) of the text. What the main character/ or YOU learn from the text.
What other parts of speech can adverbs modify?
adjectives, verbs, and adverbs.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Don't deny dawns disarming display.
What figurative language type if being used?
Alliteration
What is the verbal(s) in the sentence below? Be specific.
She was talking to the burnt man to get information about the fire.
burnt- past participle
to get- infinitive
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Leslie sat in front of Paul. She had two long, brown pigtails that reached all the way down to her waist. Paul saw those pigtails, and a terrible urge came over him. He wanted to pull a pigtail. He wanted to wrap his fist around it, feel the hair between his fingers, and just yank. He thought it would be fun to tie the pigtails together, or better yet, tie them to her chair. But most of all, he just wanted to pull one.
What is the point of view? Be specific!
third person limited point of view
Using inference, answer the following question based on the scenario.
Samantha woke up at 10:00 am, realized the time and began to panic. She ran to her bathroom to brush her teeth and then she put some clothes and shoes. She rushed downstairs to grab her backpack, and she rushed out the door.
Where is she going and how do you know?
She's going to school, you can tell because she grabbed her backpack.
What part of speech is in parentheses?
The students were required to locate (the) parts of speech in the sentences.
article
figures of speech like:
"let the cat out of the bag", "play it by ear", "money talks", "cat got your tongue"
Idioms
What is the verbal(s) in the sentence below?
Be specific!
Katie ran from the buzzing bee but tripped on a rock trying to move out of the way.
buzzing- present participle
to move- infinitive
I was almost back at my classroom door when I heard voices raised in anger as if in some sort of argument.
What is the point of view
first person point of view
michelle went to the store and bought, apples pears sausage and milk
What needs to be fixed?
You DO NOT have to re-write the sentence, explain what needs to be fixed in the sentence.
What needs to be fixed??
Capitalize the name, put a comma after apples and put a period at the end
What part of speech is in parentheses?
The baby cried until the mother picked her (up).
adverb
"My soul is an enchanted boat."
What type of figurative language is being used?
What is the verbal(s) in the sentence below?
Answering all the questions you know first is the best way to score well on the assessment.
Answering- gerund
to score- infinitive
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
They found themselves in bed and watching, by the dim light from the night-light, the rest of Mary Poppins' unpacking being performed. Jane and Michael sat hugging themselves and watching. It was all so surprising that they could find nothing to say. But they knew, both of them, that something strange and wonderful had happened.
What is the point of view? Be specific!
third person omniscient point of view
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
List the parts of speech in the sentence.
The student aced the English test he took in his 5th period class.
Write the sentence and write the part of speech below.
The-article
student- noun
aced-verb
the-article
English-adjective
test-noun
he-pronoun
took-verb
in-preposition
his-pronoun
5th-adjective
period-noun
class-noun.