Parts of Speech
A person, place, or thing.
What is a pronoun?
A word that takes the place of a noun
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun
What is a verb?
An action word
What is an adverb?
A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb
What is a subject?
who or what the sentence is about
What is a hyperbole?
exaggeration
What is an idiom?
A common, often used expression that doesn't make sense if you take it literally.
What is a simile?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What a metaphor?
A comparison without using like or as
What is an independent clause?
A clause that can stand alone as a sentence
What is a dependent clause?
A phrase that can't stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is an antecedent?
The word, phrase, or clause referred to by a pronoun.
What is a conjunction?
A word used to join words or groups of words
What does personification mean?
It means that you are giving human characteristics to a non-human thing
What is a simple sentence?
A sentence consisting of one independent clause and no dependent clause
What is a complex sentence?
A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause
What is a compound sentence?
a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions
What is a fragment?
an incomplete sentence; a break in a sentence
What is a run-on sentence?
made up of two or more sentences that are incorrectly run together as a single sentence
What are examples of a coordinating conjunction?
FANBOYS: for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
What is a comparative adjective?
An adjective to compare two items.
What is a superlative adjective?
Used to compare more than two objects or people
What is an ambiguous pronoun?
A pronoun whose antecedent is vague or undefined
What is a connotation?
the meaning of a word