Parts of Speech
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea like "dog" or "love".
What is a noun?
This punctuation mark is used to end a sentence.
What is a period?
Singular and plural nouns end differently. Give an example of a singular and plural noun.
This term refers to the author's choice of words, phrases, and language style in writing.
What is diction?
There are five W words that start a question. Name 2 of them.
What are what, when, why, where, and who?
In the statement "She gracefully danced across the stage" there is a verb. What is it?
What is danced?
It's a punctuation mark used to separate items in a list.
What is a comma?
Provide an example of a contraction, when two words gets smooshed together to form one.
What is can't, won't, don't, shouldn't, couldn't, didn't, I've, you've, they're, wouldn't?
The emotional quality or atmosphere of a text is often described using this term.
What is tone?
Identify the subject and predicate in the sentence: "The playful dog chased its tail."
What is subject is "dog" and predicate is "chased it's tail"?
These words describe or modify nouns. In the sentence, "The sky was clear and blue," there are two. Name them.
What are "clear" and "blue"?
A punctuation mark you might use if you just won the lottery.
What is an exclamation mark?
Name the two things a sentence needs to be complete?
A verb and a noun.
A term that refers to vivid and descriptive language that appeals to the senses in writing.
What is imagery?
One common problem in sentence structure is run-ons. Explain what they are.
What is run-ons are when two or more sentences are joined without proper punctuation and go on and on?
Adverbs often answer how, when, where, or to what extent. Name the adverb in the sentence "He sang beautifully."
What is "beautifully"?
When selecting evidence for an essay, this punctuation mark shows you are directly citing a source from a text.
What is quotation marks?
A fragment that is missing either a verb or a noun is an incomplete _____. Fill in the blank.
What is a sentence?
When a group of things or people are all the same in some quality it may be called a ______ group.
What is homogenous?
Transition words help bridge the gap between two ideas. Name 1 that would work for a conclusion.
What is finally, lastly, in conclusion, in the end, to conclude?
What is "and, nor, after, but, if, consequently, unless, or, besides, for, while, though, since, whereas, as, so, whether, although, where, that"?
A form of omission, it's okay when you use this punctuation mark to take out some words from a quotation.
What is an ellipsis?
Capital words in a sentence must be particular kinds of words. Give an example.
What is a proper noun like Paris, I, and Friday?
This vocabulary word describes a gloomy, sulky, or grumpy demeanor, often with a sense of resentment, the way a cat might look if you tried to get it to play fetch with you.
What is sullen?
This word is number #1 most used in English, but is not used in this sentence.