Parts of Speech
Sentences
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Literary Devices
Misc.
100
A person, place, or thing.
What is a noun.
100
a clause that can’t stand by itself
What is a dependent clause
100
A person or thing a sentence is about
What is a subject
100
Giving Human Characteristics to something non human
What is personification
100
Words or Sentences around an unfamiliar word that helps you figure out the meaning.
What are context clues
200
A word that joins other words or phrases
What is conjunction
200
a clause that can stand alone as a sentence
What is a independent clause
200
the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb
What is a predicate
200
An exaggeration
What is a hyperbole
200
Getting rid of words that you don’t need
What is eliminating wordiness
300
Shows action or a state of being
What is a verb.
300
a group of words
What is a clause.
300
A comparison of two unlike things usually using verbs such as am, is, are, was, and were
What is a metaphor
300
Making a claim and giving reasons to support it
What is argument
400
A word of expression or emotion
What is an interjection.
400
has 2 or more independent sentences hooked together incorrectly
What is a run-on sentence
400
A sentence that contains two independent clauses joined together by a FANBOYS conjunction
What is a compound sentence
400
A literary device that uses the same beginning sounds of words close together in a sentence or phrase
What is alliteration
400
Exact words from a source with a tag
What is a text quote
500
Shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in a sentence
What is a preposition
500
Fails to be a sentence in the sense that it cannot stand by itself. It does not contain even one independent clause.
What is a fragment
500
A sentence that has two independent clauses joined by a FANBOYS conjunction and a dependent clause joined by a WHITE BUS conjunction.
What is a compound-complex sentence.
500
correspondence of sound between words or the endings of words
What is rhyme
500
A list of three or more of something
What is a series
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