Parts of Speech
The song of the nightingale is beautiful yet somehow sad.
Name the part of speech for nightingale
What is a noun?
The Scribes and Pharisees plotted against Jesus.
What type of sentence am I?
What is a simple sentence?
When writing an essay how can you identify the paragraphs?
What is to indent?
My eyes sparkle like the stars.
What is a simile?
Triple points!
Another name for an independent clause is called What?
What is a simple sentence?
Their train arrived much earlier than expected.
Which parts of speech are
their and arrived
What are ?
their- pronoun
arrived- verb
God wanted Moses to go to Egypt, yet Moses gave many excuses. What type of sentence am I?
What is a compound sentence?
What do you call the beginning and ending paragraphs in any essay?
What are the introduction and conclusion?
Micky and Mini Mouse made a match on Monday.
What is an alliteration?
Double your points
Edit the sentence below.
me and my friends our going on a bike nature trail ried tomorrow?
What is
My friend and I are going on a bike, nature trails ride tommrrow.
Riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle towards heaven.
Identify two nouns and one pronoun in this sentence
What are
nouns- riches, wing, eagles ( any 2)
pronouns- they themselves (any 1)
My help cometh from the Lord which made heaven and earth.
Which type of sentence am I?
What is a complex sentence
What does the plot in a narrative consists of? Give at least three things
What are the exposition, characters, conflict , rising action, fallen action, climax. resolution
List any three
The fork ran away from my plate.
What is a personification?
Triple Points!
Edit this sentence
their are tree students who done all there work.
What are
There are three students who have done their work.
I have observed that he was a simple good- natured man. Which parts of speech are observed, he and simple?
What are
verb- observed
he- pronoun
simple- adjective
Although Indian literature was virtually unknown, some writing did exist: the Maya used hieroglyphics which were similar to those of Egypt.
What type of sentence am I and tell why?
I am compound complex
Accept reasonable response
A compound complex has two independent clause and one or more dependent clause.
List all the elements of a persuasive essay.
What are your opinion or thesis statement, reasons, details, and conclusion
His/her live can be an open book. What figure of speech am I
What is a metaphor?
Double points!
In the sentence below, identify the dependent and independent clauses.
Since it is so hot we will have to end school out early because the humidity is unbearable.
What is
dependent: Since it is so hot and because the humidity is unbearable
independent: We will have to end school out early.
Give the definition for the following parts of speech with an example.
Verb and adjectives
A verb shows action or form of being.
Examples- except reasonable response
An adjective describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
Examples: Accept reasonable response
How can you identify a complex sentence from a compound sentence?
What is a compound sentence has two independent clauses join by a semicolon or conjunction while a complex sentence has a dependent and independent clause with a subordinating conjunction.
How can you describe a narrative from a persuasive essay?
Tell one similarity between them
Accept reasonable responses.
A narrative is a story that has characters, setting, and plot where as a persuasive essay has one's point of view or opinion with reasons and details.
Both can be written in first person point of view.
Both must have an introduction and conclusion
Mrs. Burrows has a thousand grades for me.
What figure of Speech am I and why
What is an hyperbole?
I express extreme exaggeratioin
Double Points!
How should you write an introduction for a persuasive essay?
You should present a thesis or opinion statement, list both sides for and against, list your three reasons and state which side you are on.
Accept reasonable responses!