Parts Of Speech
A word used to identify a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
The one taking action in a sentence or phrase.
What is the subject?
When a humorous scene is inserted into a serious story, in order to lighten the mood.
What is comic relief?
Commonly used where independent clauses are connected by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)
What is a comma?
Name the 3 main types of tenses.
What are the past, present, and future tenses?
The direct object in this sentence:
I like chocolate cake.
What is cake?
Accepting at least part or all of an opposing viewpoint.
What is concession?
Commonly used to join independent clauses that cannot be used with coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)
What is a semicolon?
Identify the part of speech that the italicized word is: "Similarly, I don't read fiction to study the art of fiction, but simply because I like stories" - Stephen King in "On Writing"
What is an adverb?
Sentence that has at least one main clause and one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
Placing things side by side for the purposes of comparison.
What is juxaposition?
Placed after a main clause, introduces a list.
What is a colon?
What part of speech describes the relationships between words in a sentence?
What is a preposition?
The prepositional phrase(s) in this sentence:
I went to the store with Meg.
What is to the store?
What is with Meg?
A folk saying with a lesson. "A rolling stone gathers no moss."
What is an adage?
This can be used to set off a parenthetical element, and is similar to using commas or parentheses
What are dashes?
Define gerund.
What is adding "ing" to the end of a verb and then using that verb as a noun?
Phrases that are not necessary to the sentence but give extra information.
What are parenthetical expressions?
When a writer creates a list of items which are all separated by conjunctions
What is a polysyndeton?
The three dots that follow a sentence or clause that indicate omission Example : I was running…
What is an ellipsis?