Name that sentence!
What punctuation mark ends an interrogative sentence?
Question Mark?
What is the term we use for divisions in a poem? We consider them to be similar to paragraphs.
Stanzas.
How many prepositions did we cover in class?
49
How many parts of speech are there?
Eight (8)
What type of verb tells us what the subject does in the sentence?
Action.
Label this sentence declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory.
"Amazing, my baby cousin was just born!"
Exclamatory.
What type of figurative language compares two different things WITHOUT using like or as?
Metaphor.
How many prepositions begin with the letter "o" (just write the number, not the actual prepositions).
Six (6).
Which part of speech replaces a noun?
Pronouns.
What is the verb in the following sentence?
"Quick, chase after that boy with the purple hair!"
Chase.
What type of sentence can end with a period or exclamation point?
Imperative.
The following sentence is an example of what type of figurative language?
"Lightning danced across the grim sky."
Personification.
What must a preposition have in order to function as a preposition?
(Hint: Without this, prepositions are just adverbs!)
An object of the preposition.
What type of noun is used when describing a specific person, place, or thing? Ex: names.
Proper nouns.
List the three types of verbs.
Action, Linking, Helping.
Label this sentence either declarative, interrogative, exclamatory, or imperative.
"The students became very upset when I told them they had to turn in their work today."
Declarative.
The five senses (sight, hearing, tasting, smelling, feeling) are used to in what type of figurative language?
Imagery
Fill in the blank: "Prepositions connect nouns and ___ to the rest of the sentence."
What part of speech modifies adjectives?
Adverbs.
What two types of verbs commonly use forms of the verb "to be?"
Linking and Helping.
Who is the subject of an imperative sentence?
The understood you.
What kind of poems have no rhyme or rhythm?
Free verse.
What is the preposition and its object called?
Prepositional phrase.
What are the two types of conjunctions we covered in class?
Subordinating and Coordinating.
What is the predicate nominative in the following sentence: Jaime is a terrible ballet dancer.
Dancer.