Parts of Speech
In “She wept at once,” what part of speech is wept?
What is a verb?
A sentence with one complete thought.
What is a simple sentence?
Everyday Use is told using “I.” What point of view is this?
What is first person?
In Girl, commas are used repeatedly instead of what punctuation mark?
What is a period?
Fix this: “Mama don’t understand Dee.”
What is “Mama doesn’t understand Dee”?
“Free! Body and soul free!” what part of speech is free?
What is an adjective?
A sentence with two complete thoughts joined by a comma and conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
The Story of an Hour is told about Louise using “she.” What point of view is this?
What is third person?
Dialogue in Everyday Use is shown using what marks?
What are quotation marks?
Fix this: “Louise were happy.”
What is “Louise was happy”?
In Everyday Use, words like “I” and “we” are what type of words?
What are pronouns?
Girl is written mostly as one long sentence. What makes it grammatically complete?
What is having a subject and verb?
In Ark of Bones, the narrator experiences events directly. What clue shows this?
What is the use of “I”?
A comma before “and” joining two complete sentences prevents what error?
What is a comma splice?
Combine: “She was shocked. She felt free.”
What is “She was shocked, but she felt free”?
In Girl, commands like “Wash the white clothes” use what type of verb form?
What is an imperative verb?
“Although she was sad, she felt free.” This is what type of sentence?
What is a complex sentence?
A narrator who knows a character’s thoughts is called what?
What is third-person limited?
The exclamation point in “Free!” shows what?
What is strong emotion?
Fix this: “The river it was powerful.”
What is “The river was powerful”?
In Ark of Bones, descriptive words that describe the river are what part of speech?
What are adjectives?
A sentence that gives a command.
What is an imperative sentence?
When the narrator may not fully tell the truth or understand everything.
What is an unreliable narrator?
A punctuation mark used to show possession.
What is an apostrophe?
Fix this fragment: “Because she felt independent.”
What is “She felt independent”?