Parts of Speech
This part of speech can be a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
This goes at the end of a question.
Every sentence needs a subject and one of these.
What is a verb?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
"The loaf of bread was hard as a rock."
What is a simile?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
This punctuation separates items in a list.
What is a comma?
A sentence that asks something.
What is a question?
A word that means the same as another word.
What is a synonym?
Giving human qualities to an object or animal.
What is personification?
A word that shows action.
What is a verb?
Use this at the end of an exciting sentence to show emphasis.
What is an exclamation point?
A group of words that DOES NOT form a complete sentence.
What is a fragment?
You can often figure out the meaning of a word by reading the sentences around it. This is called looking for what?
What are context clues?
What is hyperbole?
A word that describes a verb, like "quickly" or "loudly."
What is an adverb?
This show that letters are missing in a contraction, like "don't."
What is an apostrophe?
These seven words -- for, and, nor, but, only, or, yet, so -- are called this.
What are coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS)
The prefix "un" in "unhappy" means this?
What is not?
"Life is a rollercoaster."
What is a metaphor?
A word that is used to replace a noun, like "he" or "they."
What is a pronoun?
Capitalize the first word of a sentence and all of these.
What is a proper noun?
When a sentence has two complete thoughts joined by a comma, it is called this.
What is a comma splice?
What is an anagram?