Parts of Speech
A part of speech that is a person, place, or thing?
Noun
who or what the sentence is about is known as the?
subject
A statement is also known as what type of sentence?
Declarative
What figurative language repeats a word or phrase over and over?
repetition
what does the suffix -less mean?
Ex: careless
without
A part of speech that is an action word (something you can DO)
Verb
what part of the sentence that tells you what the subject is doing?
predicate
What type of punctuation would an excalmatory sentence use?
exclamation mark (!)
What type of figurative language compares two things using the words "are" or "is"
metaphor
What does the suffix "able" mean?
Ex: enjoyable
can do / able to do something
A part of speech that combines phrases, clauses, or sentences?
conjunction
What sentence part is missing?
went to the store.
subject
a commmand is also known as what type of sentence?
imperative
What type of figurative language is this an example of?
"the wind danced across the field"
personification
What does the prefix trans- mean?
Ex: Transcontinental
across
a part of speech that tells you WHERE something is?
Preposition
What is the subject in thi sentence?
Audrey and Ella are friends with Lillian.
Audrey and Ella
What two sentence types can use the same punctuation?
imperative and declarative
What do we call an extreme exaggeration?
Ex: I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
Hyperbole
What does the suffix -ment mean?
Ex: amazement
Act of / result of
Which word in this sentence is an ADVERB?
She ran hastily down the hall becasue she was late.
hastily
What is the predicate of this sentence?
thre small mice ran out of the pantry and into the yard.
ran out of the pantry and into the yard.
What sentence shows strong emotions?
Exclamatory
What do we call the figurative language where the words do not mean what tey actually say?
Ex: It's raining cats and dogs.
Idiom
What part of speech will the suffix -ly change a word to?
Adverb