Parts of Speech
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
This sentence type contains only one independent clause.
This punctuation mark ends a question.
What is a question mark?
This verbal ends in -ing and acts as a noun.
What is a gerund.
This compares two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
This word modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What is an adverb?
This sentence has two independent clauses joined by a conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
These punctuation marks set off extra information in a sentence.
What are commas?
This verbal ends in -ed, -en, -d, -t, or -n and acts as an adjective.
What is a participle?
This gives human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
This pronoun refers back to the subject of the sentence (such as myself, herself).
What is reflexive pronoun?
This sentence type contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
This punctuation mark joins two independent clauses without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
This verbal usually begins with “to” + a verb and can act as a noun, adjective, or adverb.
What is an infinitive?
This exaggerates something for emphasis.
What is hyperbole?
This type of conjunction connects equal sentence parts (examples: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
What is coordinating conjunction?
This sentence type contains two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.
What is compound/complex sentence?
These punctuation marks show dialogue or direct speech.
What is quotation marks?
The phrase “Running down the street” is an example of this type of verbal phrase.
What is a participial phrase?
This figure of speech directly compares two unlike things without using like or as.
What is a metaphor?
This part of speech shows the relationship between a noun/pronoun and another word (ex: under, between, beside).
What is a preposition?
This kind of clause cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
This punctuation mark shows possession or contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
In the sentence “The broken window needed repair,” this verbal describes the noun window.
What is a participle?
This uses words that imitate sounds like buzz, crash, or boom.
What is onomatopoeia?