Parts of Speech
What are the two main types of nouns?
Common noun
Proper noun
A clause is made up of a _____ and a _________
Subject, Predicate
What are the four sentence types?
Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-Complex
What are synonyms and antonyms?
Synonyms are words that have the same meaning
Antonyms are words that have the opposite meaning
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
Metaphor doesn't use like or as
Simile does
What does an adverb do?
Describes how, when, why an action is happening.
A clause that can stand on it's own is _______
While a clause that cannot is ___________
Independent, Dependent
An independent clause connected to a dependent clause by a conjunction creates what type of sentence?
Complex
What is connotation?
How a word is perceived socially as positive or negative.
What form of figurative language has to do with sound?
Onomatopoeia
Identify the common noun in the following sentence.
"Wal-Mart was completely out of stock on a video game I was looking for."
Video Game
What type of clause is the following?
"When the actor forgot his next line"
Dependent
What type of sentence is the following?
"When they finally made it to the movies, All of the seats were already full of people."
Complex
Give two synonyms for the word
Sleepy
Tired
Exhausted
What form of figurative language is the following?
Some students truly drive me up the walls.
Idiom
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence, and whether it's subordinating or coordinating.
"The movie about the Civil War was long but extremely interesting."
but
Coordinating
What type of clause is the following?
"Wally went down to the road and over the bridge."
Independent
What type of sentence is the following?
"Pears and apples are good, but I prefer peaches and plums."
Compound
Create a sentence using the word "flooded" with a positive connotation.
Good job :)
What form of figurative language is the following?
"The sky fell from its lofty height and slammed into the earth with an incredible weight"
Personification
Identify each noun (including pronouns), verb, and adjective in the following sentence.
"I drove to Flagstaff to take my extremely fluffy dog, Prince, to the vet for an updated vaccine"
Nouns- I, Flagstaff, dog, prince, vet, vaccine
Verbs- Drove, take,
Adjectives- My, Extremely, Fluffy, updated
There are two clauses in the following sentence, identify each one as independent or dependent.
"Post-show chats follow performances, so that students can meet the cast."
Dependent
Independent
What type of sentence is the following?
"Lori discovered the cookies that her mother had made, and she sat down to eat them with a glass of milk."
Compound Complex
What is the denotation of the word "sigma" and how does it differ from the connotation?
Sigma Boy
What type of figurative language is the following?
The books on the top shelf were forbidden fruit.
Analogy