Parts of Speech
Figurative language
Parts of Speech II
Figurative Language II
Mystery Column
100
Names a person, place, thing or idea
What is a noun
100
What is the difference between an metaphor and a simile?
Simile= a comparison that uses like/as/than. Metaphor DOES NOT use like as or than.
100
A sentence must contain both a ________ and a __________
What is a SUBJECT and a PREDICATE
100
An object that exists in reality but also goes beyond its meaning to represent something abstract (please give example)
What is a symbol/symbolism?
100
This part of speech starts with a preposition and ends with a noun.
What is a prepositional phrase?
200
Modifies a noun
What is an adjective
200
What adds life-like features to inanimate objects?
What is personification.
200
This part of speech usually ends in "-ly"
What is an adverb.
200
"He kicked the bucket" is an example of what figurative language tool?
What is an idiom
200
Author sets the ________; Reader feels the _____________.
What is Author sets the TONE; Reader feels the MOOD.
300
Answers the question "What kind/ How Many/ How Much/ Whose?"
What is an adjective?
300
A term that imitates or suggests what it sounds like. For Example "POW"
What is onomotopoeia?
300
What is the adjective and adverb in the following sentence? "The tall student ran quickly past the finish line."
What is Adj= tall; Adv = quickly
300
Please identify what figurative language tool is being used in the following line: "The fog crept in on little cat feet..."
What is personification?
300
Please add one adjective and one adverb in the following sentence: "The boy ran to the door and got the package"
Options: The (adjective) boy (adverb) ran (adverb) to the (adjective) door and got the (adjective) package.
400
Answers the question "Where/ When / How / How often / To what extent?"
What is an adverb?
400
Paragraphs in a poem are called what?
What is a stanza.
400
This type of sentence has an independent clause and a dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
400
Substitutes an inoffensive term for an offensive one. For example - "Brown-Noser"
What is a Euphemism?
400
Complete the following sentence with an example of personification. " The leaves.....
answers vary
500
Add an adjective to the following sentence: "The girl yelled loudly."
answers will vary - add a word in front of girl (angry/sad/scared)
500
A term that combines two opposite terms for a widely used one.
What is Oxymoron?
500
This part of speech contains either a subject or a verb, but not both; it cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a phrase?
500
Please change the following simile into a metaphor: "That girl was like a fish in the water."
What is "That girl was a fish in the water."
500
Please identify the dependent clause in the following sentence: "Jose hurried to the game because he had to give the tickets to Noah."
What is "...Because he had to give the tickets to Noah"
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