Grammar Pt 1
Identify nouns (and pronouns do not count) and the verbs (infinitive verbs count) for the following sentence: Mrs. Kesten is excited to wear her Rice graduation gown because she likes the embroidered owls on the sleeves.
Nouns: Mrs. Kesten, Rice graduation gown, owls, sleeves
Verbs: is, excited, to wear, likes
Identify independent clauses and dependent clauses for the following sentence: I enjoy reading, but during the school year, I find it hard to read because I have too many plot lines to keep track of.
Independent: I enjoy reading, I find it hard to read
Dependent: Because I have too many plot lines to keep track of
Name a villain from Beowulf
Dragon, Grendel, or Grendel's mom
Name an enemy of Bilbo
Gollum, Trolls, Gremlins, Smaug
What is a tempest?
A violent storm
Identify the adjectives and adverbs for the following sentence: Ms. Gallegos speedily bought a pair of sliver glasses and a pair of gold glasses, and she thinks that they are very comfortable.
Adjectives: silver, gold, comfortable
Adverbs: speedily, very
Please put commas (and end punctuation if needed) in the correct place(s): After tutorials Caroline and Anna continued to bemoan the upcoming test.
After tutorials, Caroline and Anna continued to bemoan the upcoming test.
What culture did Beowulf come from?
Anglo-Saxon
Who was Bilbo's primary mentor?
Gandalf
What is Ariel's primary motivation?
His freedom
Identify prepositions, prepositional phrases, and the articles for the following sentence: Mrs. Kesten decided to go to a friend's house because her friend was making her favorite type of food.
Prepositions: to, of
Prepositional phrases: to a friend's house, of food
Articles: a
Identify the type of sentence that the following sentence is: As Ms. Kesten was driving home, she decided that she wanted a large unsweet tea.
Complex
“Bone-house” and “ring-giver” are examples of what poetic convention?
Kenning
What special power does the ring have from The Hobbit?
It makes the wearer invisible.
Who betrayed Prospero and why?
Antonio because he wanted Milan to himself.
Identify subordinating conjunctions and coordinating conjunctions for the following sentence: Because Slippers loves to eat shredded cheese, he will try to jump onto the dining table while we are eating, so we had to start leaving a dining chair pulled out for him.
Subordinating: Because, while
Coordinating: so
Please put commas (and end punctuation if needed) in the correct place(s):
Did you hear Whitney say “Slippers is the best cat ever”
Did you hear Whitney say, “Slippers is the best cat ever”?
Beowulf means
Bright or noble wolf
Name at least two themes from The Hobbit
In order to get this correct, you must be able to defend it.
Name a theme from The Tempest that we discussed
Reality vs illusion or servitude vs freedom
Identify the type of sentence: Mr. C excitedly told Ms. Kesten about his dogs that are very adorable.
Simple
Identify the prepositions and prepositional phrases for the following sentence: Ms. Kesten loves visiting Galveston with Mr. Kesten because Galveston has multiple antique shops that have antiques from various decades and used book stores with cheaply priced books.
Prepositions: with, from
Prepositional phrases: with Mr. Kesten, from various decades, with cheaply priced books
"Keen-edge sword" contains what poetic convention?
Epithet
Balin from The Hobbit would be considered which archetype?
Loyal retainer
Alonso, Antonio, and others getting stranded on the island and facing their wrongs.
Ferdinand and Miranda getting married.
Caliban saying that he would serve Stephano and convincing Stephano and Trinculo to kill Prospero.