Nouns
A person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun.
A word that indicates action or a state of being.
What is a verb.
A noun phrase denoting a person or thing that is the recipient of the action of a transitive verb.
What is a word or phrase that means exactly or nearly the same as another word or phrase in the same language, for example shut and close.
What is a synonym.
A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or action to which it is not literally applicable.
What is a metaphor?
The noun in the sentence: The dog barked loudly.
What is the dog.
Identify the verb in the sentence: She runs every morning.
What is runs.
The direct object in this sentence: He threw the ball.
What is ball.
What is a word opposite in meaning to another (e.g. bad and good )
An antonym
Define simile and give an example.
a figure of speech involving the comparison of one thing with another thing of a different kind, used to make a description more emphatic or vivid
The difference between a common noun and a proper noun.
What is the difference between a transitive and in transitive verb?
A verb is transitive when the action of the verb passes from the subject to the direct object.
Write the sentence to include a direct object: She sings...
She sings a song.
What is a synonym for the word happy?
What is ...
A reference to a well-known person, character, place, or event that a writer makes to deepen the reader's understanding of their work
What is an allusion.
Noun that refers to a group of people or things.
What is a collective noun.
List three examples of linking verbs.
What is be, become, and seem.
To who or to what...
The question you ask to find a direct object.
What is an antonym for the word difficult.
What is ...
Explain irony and give an example.
the expression of one's meaning by using language that normally signifies the opposite, typically for humorous or emphatic effect.
Where is the noun in this sentence: The committee made a decision.
What is verb tense?
Past, present, and future...give examples.
Create a sentence with a direct object in it.
Answers will vary.
A synonym and antonym for the word fast.
What is slow and speedy.
A joke exploiting the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings.
What is a pun, give an example.