Parts of Speech Examples
What are adverbs?
A word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things
What is a noun?
The use of components in a sentence that are grammatically the same; or similar in their construction, sound, or meaning
What is parallelism?
From "Nicholas Was"
"He envied Loki and Sisyphus, Prometheus and Judas. His punishment was harsher."
What is allusion?
What is a series of items/a list?
Ms. Patterson, student, final exam
What are nouns?
A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it
A question asked just for effect, or to lay emphasis on some point being discussed, when no real answer is expected
What is a rhetorical question?
From MLK's "I Have a Dream"
"Go back to Mississippi, go back to Alabama, go back to South Carolina…”
What is repetition?
You never use a colon after these...
What are sentence fragments?
Pretty, Smart, Strange
What are adjectives?
A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
What is a verb?
A main idea or an underlying meaning of a literary work, which may be stated directly or indirectly.
What is theme?
Examples in everyday life:
“Who knows?”
“Are you stupid?”
“Did you hear me?”
What are rhetorical questions?
You only use colons with these types of sentences...
What are complete sentences?
Pass, Fail, Exempt
What are verbs?
A modifying phrase consisting of a preposition and its object (e.g. at home, under the tree)
What is a prepositional phrase?
A brief and indirect reference to a person, place, thing or idea of historical, cultural, literary or political significance
What is allusion?
From MLK's "I Have a Dream"
“Let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia.
Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee.
Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi."
What is parallelism?
The main statement of a poem, an essay, a short story, or a novel, which usually appears as an introduction, or a point on which the writer will develop his work in order to convince his readers.
What is argument?
In the classroom, at home, on break
What are prepositional phrases?
A word or phrase that modifies or qualifies an adjective, verb, or other adverb or a word group, expressing a relation of place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc.
What is an adverb?
A literary device that repeats the same words or phrases a few times to make an idea clearer and more memorable
What is repetition?
From "The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World"
The idea that strangers can bring a community together and have a lasting positive impact on their lives.
An argument or set of reasons put forward to oppose an idea or theory developed in another argument.
What is a counter-argument?