Nouns
Punctuation
Poets
Parts of Speech
Shakespeare
100
This type of noun names a specific, one-of-a-kind person, place, or thing.
What is a proper noun?
100
Punctuation mark that separates parts of a compound sentence, separates items in a series, or sets off a term of address.
What is a comma?
100
A poet who is best known for his tales of mystery, and is the author of "The Raven."
Who is Edgar Allan Poe?
100
The part of speech that describes a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
100
What time period is the play "Romeo and Juliet" predominantly set in?
What is the Renaissance?
200
This type of noun refers to a group of people or things.
What is a collective noun?
200
This punctuation mark is used to separate parts of a compound sentence that are not joined by a coordinating conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
200
An American poet responsible for "The road not Taken," "Fire and Ice," and "The Lockless Door."
Who is Robert Frost?
200
Replaces a noun with words like "he," "she," or "you."
What is a pronoun?
200
The name of Romeo's first love in "Romeo and Juliet,"
What is Rosaline.
300
A noun that serves as a general name, or a name common to an entire group.
What is a common noun?
300
These are used to set off a speaker's exact words.
What are quotation marks?
300
An Irish poet born in 1898. He wrote poems such as "An Expostulation," "Cliche Came out of it's Cage," and "As the Ruin Falls."
Who is C.S. Lewis?
300
A word that links a noun to another word. (to, at, after, on, but)
What is a preposition?
300
In "Hamlet," Hamlet kills this person first.
Who is Polonius.
400
This type of noun expresses a single idea through a combination of two or more words.
What is a compound noun?
400
These enclose "less important" material.
What are parentheses?
400
This man was best known for "Romeo and Juliet," but was also a poet. He wrote "A Fairy Song," and "A Lover's Complaint."
Who is William Shakespeare?
400
A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence.
What is a verb?
400
The country that "Hamlet" is set in.
What is Denmark?
500
A noun that names something that cannot be perceived by the senses.
What is an abstract noun?
500
This replaces one or more omitted letters in a contraction, or is used with "s" to form the possessive of a noun
What is an apostrophe?
500
This poet is best known for writing famous poetry books like "Where the Sidewalk Ends," and "It's Dark in Here."
Who is Shel Silverstein?
500
A part of speech that connects two words, phrases or clauses together. (and, but, when)
What is a conjunction?
500
Hamlet's lover.
Who is Ophelia?
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