Parts of Speech
a person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
the name of Salva's tribe
What is the Dinka?
Who is Hermia?
figurative language comparing two things without "like" or "as"
what is a metaphor?
the first letter in the beginning of a sentence needs this
What is capitalization?
a word that replaces a noun in a sentence
What is a pronoun?
the name of Nya's tribe
What is the Nuer?
Who is Demetrius?
sound device that repeats the beginning sounds of words in a poem
What is alliteration?
a punctuation mark indicating a pause between two clauses that can stand on their own, but are being joined together because they are related
What is a semi-colon?
modifies an adjective or a verb
What is an adverb?
the event that causes the conflict in Salva's life
the Sudanese civil war
the Mechanical who plays the role of Thisbe
Who is Flute?
the difference between a simile and a metaphor
simile uses like or as, metaphor does not
a group of words that is not a clause
What is a phrase?
What part of speech is the capitalized word?
She rode ON a unicorn's back.
What is a preposition?
the year Nya's story takes place in
What is 2008?
the fairy that ended up with the Indian child at the end of the play
Who is Oberon?
the type of figurative language of the following
"I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!"
What is hyperbole?
Where should the comma(s) be? My brother who is six feet tall likes to play basketball.
Two commas, after brother and tall
The part of speech of the capitalized word:
"OH!" She cried as she stepped on the mouse.
What is an interjection?
Nya has to walk this long to find water
The person that said this quote:
"You juggler! You canker-blossom! You thief of love!"
Who is Hermia?
"The camera loves me"
What is personification?
The correct form of the following sentence:
Twenty candies (were/was) in the bag, and now only one (is/are) left.
were, is