Parts of Speech
Subject or Predicate
Figurative language
It's Greek to Me
Unit 4
100
Names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
100
The MAIN word in a complete subject.
What is the simple subject?
100
A comparison of two things NOT using words like or as. It says one thing IS another.
What is a metaphor?
100
What does the Latin word "bene" or "bon" mean?
What is good or well?
100
Not producing the desired results, unsuccessful.
What is fruitless?
200
Describes a noun. (new, fancy, little)
What is an adjective?
200
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! Includes all the words in the predicate.
What is the complete predicate?
200
A comparison of two things using like or as.
What is a simile?
200
What does the Greek word "astr" mean?
What is star?
200
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! In agreement with established or generally accepted beliefs or ways of doing things.
What is orthodox?
300
Takes the place of a noun. (he, she, it, they)
What is a pronoun?
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!!! Includes all the words in the subject.
What is the complete subject?
300
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
300
What does the Latin word "aud" or "audi" mean?
What is hear?
300
Full of life and vigor or courageous.
What is spirited?
400
Expresses an action or state of being. (ran, is, were, jumped)
What is a verb?
400
Find the simple subject(s) in the following sentence: Kelly, Alice, and I went to the bookstore to buy our teacher a present.
What is Kelly, Alice, I?
400
"Over the wall climb blankets of ivy, and along the ivy bloom tiny white flowers that smell like fresh rain," is an example of what?
What is a simile?
400
What does the Greek word "bio" mean?
What is life?
400
Disobedient or unpredictable.
What is wayward?
500
Connects words, phrases or clauses. (and, but, or )
What are conjunctions?
500
Find the simple predicate in the following sentence: Mrs. Schlaubach bought the books and read them all that weekend!
What is bought, read?
500
"The world is a blur, and I cannot think," is an example of what?
What is a metaphor?
500
The study of the nervous system of living things and how it helps the living things learn and react. (Subject in High School.)
What is biology?
500
To obtain through special effort or to bring about.
What is procure?
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