Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs
Name the noun(s) in this sentence.
"The students ran outside."
What is students?
Boom, crash, and whack are examples of these.
What is onomatopoeia?
Name the following figure of speech (or, literary device) in the following excerpt from The House on Mango Street.
"But the house on Mango Street is not the way they told it at all. It’s small and red with tight steps in front and windows so small you’d think they were holding their breath.
What is personification?
In Michaela DePrince: The War Orphan Who Became a Ballerina, describe why the author began the story with Michaela's professional stage debut.
What is the author featuring an important event in Michaela's life?
Name the concept vocabulary word from unit one.
This word means that a person has fled from an unsafe country.
What is a refugee?
Name the adjective in this sentence.
"Kyle takes Buddy, his beloved dog, everywhere he goes."
What is beloved?
Name at least one example of imagery in the following sentences.
“We went into the woods. The shadows were the blackest things I had ever seen. They stained the white snow. My mouth felt furry, for the scarf over it was wet and warm. I didn't ask what kinds of things hide behind black trees in the middle of the night. When you go owling you have to be brave.”
What is...(answers will vary)?
The following sentence is an example of what?
"The flashlight shone as brightly as the sun."
What is a simile?
In Bad Boy, Myers writes poems, reads, and enjoys dancing.
What are Myers' secrets?
Marla is desperate for an afternoon nap. Explain what must be true about Marla.
What is Marla greatly desires an afternoon nap?
Name the adverb(s) in the sentence.
"People in the movie theater jumped when the volume abruptly became louder."
What is "abruptly"?
Name at least one example of imagery in the following sentence.
"The old man took the handful of dust, and sifted it through his fingers."
What is...(answers will vary)?
Give one simile.
(Answers will vary.)
Helpless like her mother.
In I was a Skinny Tomboy Kid, what does the speaker not want to be when she grows up?
Name the concept vocabulary word from unit one.
If a person will not change no matter what, name what the person is.
What is stubborn?
Name the pronoun in the following sentence.
"Mr. K grew out his mustache over the weekend."
What is "his"?
Name one reason why, according to DePrince, being a black ballet dancer was hard.
What is the expectation for ballerinas in the corps de ballet to appear the same?
Name the story that best fits with this theme from one of the stories.
"It is difficult for a child to take care of herself."
What is a theme of I was a Skinny Tomboy Kid?
Describe what the speaker is realizing and/or doing in this selection.
"...but then I didn't realize / the kind of guts / it often took / for her to just keep / standing / where she was."
What is understanding others?
Use a concept vocabulary word from unit one to complete the sentence.
If someone is disgusted by joke, then the person must be feeling....
What is unpleasant?
Give a sentence that correctly shows how a speaker includes themselves and others as the subject of the sentence.
What is...(_____ and I .....answers will vary)?
Describes what these lines from “I Was a Skinny Tomboy Kid” reveal about the speaker at such times.
"my fists are tightly clenched / and the streets come grinning / and I forget who I’m protecting / and I coil up / in a self / mothering fashion / and tell myself / it’s o.k."
What is... the speaker feels alone and fearful of the real world?
In I was a Skinny Tomboy Kid, describe what the author uses these lines to do.
"...transforming my reality / and creating a / legendary / self ..."
What is describe the power of imagination?
Describe what the character feels in I was a Skinny Tomboy Kid as the speaker rides her bike to the ocean and smells the ocean before she sees it.
In I was a Skinny Tomboy Kid, what gives the speaker a sense of freedom?
Use a concept vocabulary word from unit one to complete the sentence.
A person who lost a prized possession would be most likely feeling _____.
What is distraught?