All Things VERBS/ Verbals
A linking verb is followed by one of these two things.
What is a predicate nominative & predicate adjective.
The difference between similes & metaphors
What is similes use like or as
The 6 parts of the plot structure in order
What is exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution.
Identify the pronouns and their types in the following sentence:
"We told her we wanted to do it ourselves."
What is:
"We"- Subject PN
"Her"- Object PN
"We"- Subject Pronoun
"It" - Both
"Ourselves"- Reflexive
The object of preposition:
"She found her missing shoes in her closet
What is her closet
Direct objects answer these questions.
Indirect objects answer these questions.
What is who or what?
What is to whom & to what?
Type of Figurative Language:
"The raindrops danced along the window pane. "
What is personification
The difference between 3rd person Omniscient & Limited
What is omniscient knows everyone's thoughts & feelings and limited only knows one person's thoughts and feelings.
The appositive phrase in the following sentence:
"A tennis player, Rob practiced his swing with his racquet every chance he got."
What is "a tennis player".
The simple subject:
"The clouds of dark and cloudy dust made the girl cough uncontrollably. "
What are clouds
The objects in the following sentence:
"Their meeting gave each cousin many chances to visit with one another."
What is "chances" is the Direct Object & "cousin" is the Indirect Object.
Type of Figurative Language
"The woman gave a huge donation to people in poverty because she had a heart of gold. "
What is metaphor
Type of Irony:
George breaks a date with his girlfriend so he can go to a ball game with the guys. At the concession stand, he runs into his girlfriend with another guy.
What is situational irony
The prepositional phrase that acts as an adjective:
1) The puppy in the shop window jumped up.
2) The fire alarm rang before class.
What is number 1?
Identify the complement in the sentence:
"The Llama smells sweet like the tears of children before pre-comps."
What is "sweet" predicate adjective
The verbals in each sentence and what type they are:
1) Harold will never forget fumbling in the big game.
2) Dan has never been one to complain about his problems.
3) Laughing at his jokes, we nearly fell off our chairs.
What is "fumbling" is a gerund
What is "to complain" is an infinitive
What is "Laughing" is a participle
Type of Figurative Language:
"The apartment was so dirty that you would need a hazmat team to enter it. "
What is Hyperbole
Type of STEAL shown/ what we learn about Kelly:
"Kelly likes Steven because they have many things in common. They have formed a great connection and she thinks that Aaron is very handsome, but Kelly wants to date Burt. Even though Kelly had nothing is common with Burt, he drives a fancy car and he spends a lot of money. She likes this about him. "
What is 'thoughts'
Answers can vary...
The coordinating conjunctions
What is "for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so"
Identify the antecedent:
"Ms. Strollo is very happy that her students are speaking chinese because it means she can help them become stronger by doing wall sits."
What is "her & she" refer to Ms. Strollo & "it" refers to her students speaking chinese.
The type of verbal and the job of that verbal:
"Fines were imposed to discourage littering."
What is infinitive acting as an adverb.
Type of Figurative Language:
"He was so tired that he could have slept for a month. "
What is Hyperbole
The 2 types of conflict & any subtypes.
What is internal & external
What is external:
Man v Man
Man v Nature
Man v Society
1)The three types of verbals
2) How to identify them
3) The verbals' jobs
1) Gerunds, Participles, Infinitives
2) Gerunds (-ing)/ Participles (-ing/-ed)/ Infinitives (to+ verb)
3)Gerund (Noun)/ Participle (Adjective)/ Infinitive (Noun, Adj, Adv)
Type of Irony:
"When watching a talk show, the audience knows why a person has been brought on the show. However, the person in the chair does not know that they are going to be reunited with a long lost friend. "
What is dramatic irony