What's in a name?
This author wrote 1,775 poems
Who is Emily Dickinson?
"The little waves, with their soft, white hands..."
What is personification?
These can be compound, collective, abstract, common, proper, and/or concrete.
What are nouns?
Name ALL the complements that might come after a linking verb.
What are predicate nominatives and predicate adjectives?
In the following sentence, name the words that should be capitalized: joe's grandmother, who is irish, enjoys celebrating st. patrick's day.
What are "Joe's...Irish...St. Patrick's Day"?
This individual was a descendent of a judge at the Salem Witch Trials.
Who is Nathaniel Hawthorne?
"The wrath of God is like great waters..."
What is a simile?
Name ALL the ways to classify the following noun: Independence Day
What is proper, abstract, and compound?
Read the following sentence, adding the correct punctuation: Sally enjoys needlepoint hockey and cross-country running
What is "Sally enjoys needlepoint, hockey, and cross-country running.”?
This Transcendentalist poet used catalogs and long narrative lines.
Who is Walt Whitman?
"...he has refused...he has dissolved...he has obstructed..."
What is parallelism?
This part of speech modifies verbs, adjectives, or adverbs.
What are adverbs?
Read the following sentence, correcting the punctuation errors: He got home late from practice consequently he didn't finish his homework.
What is "He got home late from practice; consequently, he didn't finish his homework"?
This Fireside poet composed "Snowbound."
Who is John Greenleaf Whittier?
"No pain, no gain."
What is an aphorism?
In the following sentence, which word/words acts as a conjunction? We packed up the picnic, because the sun was setting.
What is "because"?
Read the following sentence, correcting the punctuation errors: The scores on the Calculus exam were Vance, 92, Elizabeth, 101, and Brian, 103.
What is "The scores on the Calculus exam were Vance, 92; Elizabeth, 101; and Brian, 103"?
She was a Puritan who was considered the first American poet.
Who is Anne Bradstreet?
"The Soul selects her own Society... To her divine Majority..."
What is slant rhyme?
Name ALL the prepositional phrases in the following sentence: On account of lateness, Claire had fallen behind.
What is "on account of lateness"?
These 2 parts make up a complete sentence.
What is a complete subject and a complete predicate?
Read the following sentence, correcting the punctuation errors: Melinda was voted most likely to succeed: she was smart, determined, and outgoing.
What is "Melinda was voted most likely to succeed: She was smart, determined, and outgoing"?