Words that create sights, smells, sounds, tastes, and feelings for the reader.
What is IMAGERY?
100
An action or state of being.
What is a VERB?
100
A noun or pronoun that tells WHO/WHAT is performing the action or experiencing the state of being within the sentence.
What is the SUBJECT of a sentence?
100
Begins with a preposition and contains a noun as the object of the preposition.
"under the sink"
What is a PREPOSITIONAL PHRASE?
100
"The highway won't hold you tonight
The highway don't know you're alive
The highway don't care if you're all alone
But I do, I do."
("Highway Don't Care" Tim McGraw)
What is a PERSONIFICATION?
200
A self-contradictory phrase.
What is an OXYMORON?
200
Connect words, phrases, and clauses together. Can also be used to indicate dependent clauses.
What are CONJUNCTIONS?
200
Contains the verb and a direct object, indirect object, and/or complement through the end of the sentence.
What is the PREDICATE in a sentence?
200
Words that contain EITHER a subject OR a verb...but not both.
What is a PHRASE?
200
"Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get."
*Forrest Gump*
What is a SIMILE?
300
What is it called when there is repetition of VOWEL sounds within words that don't rhyme?
What is ASSONANCE?
300
Words that work together with nouns to create a phrase that shows the relationships between a noun and verbs, nouns/pronouns, or adjectives.
What are PREPOSITIONS?
300
The movie was incredible!
movie = incredible
What is the PREDICATE ADJECTIVE in the sentence?
300
Words that contain a SUBJECT and a VERB and can act as a complete sentence.
What is an INDEPENDENT CLAUSE?
300
"It's Tricky to rock a rhyme, to rock a rhyme that's right on time"
(Listen to sounds...)
What is an example of ALLITERATION?
400
The literal, dictionary definition of a word.
What is DENOTATION?
400
Words that replace nouns to avoid repetition of the same word.
What are PRONOUNS?
400
Tiffany gave Karen a new book for her birthday.
Tiffany gave a new book "to" Karen.
What is the INDIRECT OBJECT in the sentence?
400
Words that contain a SUBJECT and a VERB but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is a DEPENDENT CLAUSE?
400
"You could be my luck
Even if we're six feet underground
I know that we'll be safe and sound"
("Safe & Sound" Capital Cities)
What is IRONY (or Paradox)?
500
Making a reference to an outside source/text.
What is ALLUSION?
500
A. Words that describe nouns/pronouns.
B. Words that describe adjectives and verbs.
A. What are ADJECTIVES?
B. What are ADVERBS?
500
This class is my ultimate favorite!
"This"
What is a DEMONSTRATIVE PRONOUN in the sentence?
500
Words that contain a verb acting like a noun, adjective, or adverb, but not a subject.
What is a VERB(AL) PHRASE?
500
"And the walls kept tumbling down
In the city that we love
Great clouds roll over the hills
Bringing darkness from above"
("Pompeii" Bastille)