Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
I like to play basketball and I like to do theater.
What is between "basketball" and "and"?
I like to play basketball, and I like to do theater.
This literary device compares two unlike things using "like" or "as".
What is a Simile?
In this genre, the literary work is imagined or invented by the author and what is written is not based in fact.
What is fiction?
Can I have (to/too/two), large popcorns and a water, please?
What is two?
-Two is a number (2)
-Too means "as well"
-To is a preposition (helps show a relationship between two things) or indicates an infinitive (to *insert verb*)
A word that conveys action or a state of being
What is a verb?
I'm planning on seeing lions zebras and elephants at the zoo today.
What is between "lions" and "zebras" and between "zebras" and "and"?
I'm planning on seeing lions, zebras, and elephants at the zoo today.
This literary device gives human qualities to non-living things.
What is personification?
In this genre, the author writes a narrative about someone else's life.
What is a biography?
(Your/You're) schedule is posted online if you need it.
What is your?
-Your is a possessive term (shows ownership of something)
-You're is a contraction of "You" and "Are"
A descriptive word that gives more information about a noun's size, shape, age, color, origin, purpose, or material
What is an adjective?
Due to a terrible snow storm we once had a snow day in May.
What is between "storm" and "we"?
Due to a terrible snow storm, we once had a snow storm in May.
This literary device places two opposing words next to each other such as "jumbo shrimp," "deafening silence," or "bittersweet."
What is an oxymoron?
In this genre, a short narrative that often involves animals or inanimate objects to teach a moral or life lesson. Aesop's collection is the most well-known of these.
What is a fable?
I like chocolate sweets more (than/then) fruit-flavored or sour candy.
What is than?
-Than is a comparison term
-Then indicates a sequence of events
A word that modifies another verb by explaining how, where, or when the verb is done
What is an adverb?
The restaurant we dined at last night which our friend recommended served some of the best food I've ever had.
What is between "restaurant" and "which" and between "recommended" and "served"?
The restaurant we dined at last night, which our friend recommended, served some of the best food I've ever had.
In this literary device, the first letter or consonant sound within a group of words is repeated for effect, such as in the "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers" tongue twister.
What is alliteration?
This genre is a collection of stories that explain a belief system, a natural phenomenon, or a worldview of a group of people, including that group's culture. Some may believe these stories are fiction, but they are always respected and taken seriously regardless.
What is mythology? (myth is acceptable)
I think the blue suit (compliments/complements) your skin tone the best.
What is complements?
-Compliment is when you praise or congratulate someone about something
-Complement is when something completes, highlights, or brings another thing to perfection
A word that conveys an object's location, direction, time, manner, or relationship with other elements in the sentence
What is a preposition?
I went to Chicago Illinois in January 2010.
What is between "Chicago" and "Illinois"?
I went to Chicago, Illinois in January 2010.
In this literary device, the word used mimics a sound, such as "Boom" or "Pop."
What is an onomatopoeia?
In this genre, a piece is written for a newspaper to give an opinion on a topic.
What is an (opinion) editorial? (Op-ed is acceptable)
I think the steady breeze today is (effecting/affecting) my allergies.
What is affecting?
Effect is a noun while Affect is a verb