FANBOYS
Parts of Speech
MYSTERY!
Literary Devices
Capitalization
100
Which word is the coordinating conjunction in this sentence?
"This year, Allan is planning on travelling across Europe, so he'll need to start saving money."
"so", Remember that coordinating conjunction=FANBOYS
100
What is the verb of this sentence?
"He escaped before anybody even noticed."
"escaped"
100
What was Marshall's fall play?
A Midsummer Night's Dream
100
"The sparklers fizzled out" is an example of...
Onomatopoeia!
100
What is incorrect about this sentence?
"i can't be guilty, i wasn't even there!"
Both i's need to be capitalized!
200
Which word is the coordinating conjunction in this sentence?
His mother forgot to pick him up at school, and it was raining, so he was soaking wet after he walked home.
"and" and "so"!
200
What are the subjects of this sentence?
"The puppies were bought by Ariana and her husband."
"Ariana and her husband", don't let the passive voice trick you!
200
What do you call a clause that can stand by itself as a simple sentence?
Independent clause! No Red Ink also calls these complete thoughts.
200
"Fancy french fries" is an example of...
Alliteration!
200
Is this sentence correct?
"Arslan took his cousin to AMC to see the new Avengers movie, then they went to five guys afterwards."
No, "Five Guys" also needs to be capitalized. Every proper noun should be capitalized.
300
In this sentence, is the coordinating conjunction connecting subjects, objects, verbs, or independent clauses?
"Adriana and her cousin are working together to make dinner and dessert."
"and" is connecting objects!
300
What is the complete object of this sentence?
"He stained the pages of his book with Cheeto dust after his snack."
"the pages of his book"!
300
What do you call a word which connects words, phrases, and clauses that are of equal value to the sentence?
Coordinating Conjunctions! These are the FANBOYS words.
300
"He roared like a lion" is an example of...
Simile!
300
Is this sentence correct?
"He just wanted to work during October, but spent all of Autumn raking leaves to make some money."
No, "autumn" should not be capitalized because seasons are not capitalized. we capitalize the days of the week and the months, so "October" is okay.
400
In this sentence, is the coordinating conjunction connecting subjects, objects, verbs, or independent clauses?
"Tony chose his hiding place carefully, and it took me nearly an hour to find him."
Independent clauses! You can tell because if you took away the "and", the two sides would each be a complete sentence.
400
What is the complete subject of this sentence?
"Kanye West's album release party lasted a full 48 hours, cost $500,000, and took a team of 50 people to clean up!"
"Kanye West's album release party"
400
What are all the coordinating conjunctions?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So!
400
"He was struck by Cupid's arrow" is an example of...
Allusion!
400
Is this sentence correct?
"Galen reads The Cat In The Hat to her brother every night."
No, it should be "The Cat in the Hat"!
500
Should there be a comma before the word "so"?
"Sandy needed help with her ice sculpture, so I headed to her house with all my tools."
Yes, there is always a comma when connecting two independent clauses!
500
Waht are the subject, verb, and object of these independent clauses?
"She took the day off, but the night called her name."
"She", "took", and "the day"; "the night", "called", and "her name".
500
What is George C Marshall's middle name?
Catlett!
500
"Her heart was an empty pit" is an example of...
Metaphor!
500
Is this sentence correct?
"Haru was so excited to visit his family in Japan at the same time as the Summer Olympics."
Yes! Even though we wouldn't ordinarily capitalize "summer", we do here because it is part of a proper noun.