Parts of Speech
What is a common noun? How can you identify one?
Give an example.
a general noun, not specific.
not capitalized
What is an adjective? Give an example
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun.
What is the simple subject? complete subject?
The beautiful young lady drove to the store.
simple: lady
complete: The beautiful young lady
Simple, Compound, or Complex?
I am tired.
Simple
What is a stanza?
A group of lines TOGETHER in a poem.
What is a proper noun? How can you identify it?
Give an example.
a specific noun.
Capitalized
What is an adverb? Give an example.
An adverb describes an adjective, verb, or another adverb.
What is the simple predicate? Complete predicate?
The vicious dog chased the cat down the street.
Simple: chased
Complete: chased the cat down the street
Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, or Exclamatory?
Did you take my wallet?
Interrogative
What is biographical writing?
It tells the story of a real person.
What is the possessive pronoun?
She loved the woods.
Her best friend worked at planting trees.
Her
What is a conjunction? Give an example.
A conjunction joins two or more things.
Phrase? Dependent Clause? Independent Clause?
After the music stopped
dependent clause
Simple, Compound, or Complex?
Mrs. Nance is tired, and she wants to go to bed.
Compound
What is the difference between an action verb and a linking verb? Give an example of both.
Bonus: What is the test to see if a verb is linking?
An action verb: subject does the action.
Linking verb: subject is being linked to something in the predicate.
What is the possessive noun?
Her sister's toys were new, and she did not let anyone else play with her toys.
sister's
What is an interjection? Give an example.
a word or phrase that shows strong emotion.
Phrase? Dependent Clause? Independent Clause?
After the music
Phrase
Declarative, Interrogative, Imperative, or Exclamatory?
Take me off your calling list.
Imperative
What is onomatopoeia? Give an example.
A word that sounds like the word.
Tell what first, second, and third person pronouns are.
first -- I, me, my, we
second -- you, your
third -- he, she, it, they
How many prepositional phrases are in this sentence?
After the television program about snakes, we rode on our bikes to the zoo.
4
Simple Subjects and Predicates?
Carla, Jenny, and Ann left the party and drove home.
Subjects: Carla, Jenny, Ann
Predicates: left, drove
Simple? Compound, Complex?
Although she studied for the test, she didn't do as well as she expected.
Complex
What is the difference between a simile and a metaphor? Give an example of each.
Both compare two different things. A simile uses the words like or as. A metaphor says one thing is another thing.