Parts of Speech
person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
a very large fossil
What is a macrofossil?
a comparison that uses "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
who or what performs the action (or exists in the state of being) of a sentence
What is the subject?
what we (usually) need to grab when we first enter the room
What is the textbook?
a, an, the
What is an article/article adjective?
military troop on horseback
What is cavalry?
giving human traits to non-human things
What is personification?
receives the action of the verb
What is the direct object?
what we should write next to incorrect responses
What are the correct answers?
-ing word used as a noun
What is a gerund?
v. to give someone advice; n. advice
an imperative sentence used to engage the reader
What is a command?
a noun that comes after a linking verb and renames the subject
What is a predicate nominative?
hand signal for asking to briefly leave seat for an appropriate class purpose (select a teammate to hold up this signal)
What is [hand with two fingers as pictured in poster]?
to + verb
What is an infinitive?
arrangement according to the order of time or occurence
chronology
repetition of a vowel sound anywhere in a word
What is assonance?
name for adjectives ending in -est
What are superlatives/superlative adjectives?
what the 0.1s on assignments usually mean
What is "not checked"?
all the helping verbs in a list
What are is, am are, was, were, be, being, been, has, have, had, do, does, did, might, must, may, can, could, would, should, shall, and will?
innate, inborn, indwelling
immament
repeating the same word, type of word, or type of phrase three times for emphasis
What is triple extension?
verb tense with this pattern: will + have + been + present participle
What is the future perfect progressive tense?
where we should stay AND what we should do after hearing "Let's pack up" but before the bell actually rings (not counting packing up!)
What is stay behind our chairs and push in our seats (8th period: put up chairs)?