Parts of Speech
Parts of a Sentence & Sentence Types
Literary Terms
Writing
Wild Card
100
This is a word used in place of a noun or more than one noun.
What is a pronoun?
100
THE COACH OF OUR BASKETBALL TEAM used to play professionally
What is a complete subject?
100
She knew it would be dark in the basement, but she had no idea what was down there waiting for her.
What is foreshadow?
100
The first sentence in your body paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
100
Emma and Steven walked the dog and talked
What is a compound sentence?
200
This consists of at least one main verb and one or more helping verbs
What is a verb phrase?
200
Athletes representing 160 nations.
What is a fragment?
200
He couldn't decide if it was wrong to take his friend's french fry while he was in the bathroom.
What is an internal conflict?
200
A road map for the paper that makes a claim that others might dispute.
What is a thesis statement?
200
The air is sharp, steel-sharp. I suck needles of breathing, 10 And feel the players converge. It grows to a science... We clot, break, drive, ELECTRONS IN MOTION IN THE MAGNETIC PULL OF THE PUCK.
What is a metaphor?
300
CAREFULLY I counted them.
What is an adverb?
300
The parts of speech are important to know BECAUSE THEY WILL BE ON OUR EXAM.
What is a dependent clause?
300
Amy went to Florida, so she only brought tank tops and shorts, but when she got there, it was 40 degrees outside
What is irony?
300
Capture your audience's attention, gives background on your topic, develops interest in your topic, and guides your reader to your thesis.
What is an introductory paragraph?
300
Desolate and lone All night long on the lake Where fog trails and mist creeps, The whistle of a boat Calls and cries unendingly, Like some lost child In tears and trouble HUNTING THE HARBOR'S BREAST AND THE HARBOR'S EYES.
What is personification?
400
Vince walked INSIDE the house
What is a preposition?
400
Alex and Sam talk while they do their homework, but Ann is distracted by the noise.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
400
I shall go shod in silk, And you in wool, White as a white cow’s milk, More beautiful Than the breast of a gull.
What is imagery?
400
Upon a further examination, the mother's constant pressure on the daughter was beginning to wear on her. Jing-mei's mother would consistently give her daughter tests and the expectations to succeed were high. (1) As the daughter states right after she failed to perform well at the climatic piano recital, “After seeing my mother's disappointed face once again, something inside me began to die. I hated the tests, the raised hopes and failed expectations” (Tan 1152). After seeing the dissatisfaction from her mother's face, the tests and hopes for success, began to eat away at her. It began to tear at the daughter's emotional state. The consistent disappointment pushed the daughter to the point where she would not become someone she is not.
What is introducing a quote or a lead-in?
400
After months [1] OF drought, the [2] STORM clouds build up in the [3] SKY and the torrential deluge [4] BEGINS.
What is a preposition, adjective, noun, and verb?
500
She will EITHER go to the movies, OR she will go to the coffee shop.
What is a correlative conjunction?
500
She can't go to sleep or finish her homework unless she has something to eat first.
What is a complex sentence?
500
Allusion: No rays from the holy heaven come down On the long night-time of that town; But light from out the lurid sea Streams up the turrets silently — Gleams up the pinnacles far and free — Up domes — up spires — up kingly halls — Up fanes — up Babylon-like walls —
What is Babylon?
500
As famous alum George W. Bush states, “I sometimes overdid it when I was at UT, missing out on valuable academic opportunities. Fortunately, I buckled down in my senior year and managed to make a 'C' average and things have worked out fine since” (227). (1) In this example, George W. Bush is arguing that the detrimental effects of extracurricular excesses can be rectified in the senior year of college.
What is analysis?
500
Monsoons are created [1] WHEN there is a great difference [2] BETWEEN the temperatures of hot air over the sea and cold air over the land. [3] SOUTHWESTERLY winds carry warm, moist air up from the Indian Ocean and [4] COLLIDE with cooler air over the landmass. [5] THE result is a downpour that can last for weeks.
What is an adverb, preposition, adjective, verb, and article?
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