Parts of Speech Definition
a person, place, or thing
What is a Noun?
(run, jump, yell) These are all examples of...
What is a Verb?
What does the root "equ-" mean?
equal, sleep, terrible, measure
equal
A comparison of two seemingly unlike things
Metaphor
What figurative language is "He was as quiet as a mouse"?
Simile
An action or linking word
What is a Verb?
(little, rude, sharp) These are all examples of...
What is Adjectives?
What does the root "derma" mean?
skin
Using symbols/objects to represent qualities, ideas, emotions, or states of mind
Symbolism
What figurative language is "Time is money"?
Metaphor
A word used to describe something
What is an Adjective?
(Florida, store, chair) These are all examples of...
What are Nouns?
What does the root "ist, or, eer, er" mean?
a person who, star, across, world/universe
a person who
Occurs when two words that are opposites are used together
Oxymoron
What figurative language is "Death robbed her of the chance of happiness"?
Personification
a word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time...
What is an Adverb?
select all the adjectives
loud, mean, house, talk
loud & mean
What root means "terrible"?
dino-
An indirect reference to something
Allusion
What figurative language is "I was dying of laughter when the teacher tripped"?
Hyperbole
A word that shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence.
What is a Preposition?
select all the adverbs
softly, grow, planet, now
softly & now
What does the root "legis, lega" mean?
Law
An extreme exaggeration
Hyperbole
What figurative language is "The bang from the slammed front door scared me"?
onomatopoeia