Parts of Speech
Identify the noun: The cat slept on the sofa.
Noun: cat, sofa
Identify the metaphor: Time is a thief.
➡ Metaphor: Time is a thief (compares time to a thief directly).
What is a stanza?
➡ Answer: A group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in prose.
What is a synonym?
➡ Answer: A word that has the same or similar meaning as another (e.g. big / large).
What punctuation ends a question?
➡ Answer: A question mark (?).
Name the verb: The children ran quickly.
➡ Verb: ran
What figure of speech? The leaves danced in the wind.
➡ Personification – gives the leaves a human action.
What is a rhyme scheme?
➡ Answer: The pattern of rhyming words at the ends of lines (e.g. ABAB).
What is an antonym?
➡ Answer: A word with the opposite meaning of another (e.g. hot / cold).
What punctuation shows strong emotion or surprise?
➡ Answer: An exclamation mark (!).
What is the adjective in this sentence? She wore a red dress.
➡ Adjective: red
Find the simile: Her smile was as bright as the sun.
➡ Simile: as bright as the sun.
What is a quatrain?
➡ Answer: A stanza with four lines.
What is a prefix?
➡ Answer: A group of letters added before a word to change its meaning (e.g. *un-*happy).
What is the function of an apostrophe?
➡ Answer: It shows possession (e.g. the boy’s hat) or contraction (e.g. don’t).
Identify the adverb: He spoke softly.
➡ Adverb: softly
What is this? Bang! The door slammed shut.
➡ Onomatopoeia: Bang! imitates sound.
What is a sonnet?
➡ Answer: A poem of 14 lines, often about love, with a set rhyme scheme.
What is a suffix?
➡ Answer: A group of letters added at the end of a word (e.g. care-less).
When do we use quotation marks?
➡ Answer: To show direct speech or quotations (e.g. “I’m tired,” she said).
What is the preposition in this sentence? The book is on the table.
➡ Preposition: on
Identify the alliteration: Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers.
➡ Alliteration: repetition of the p sound.
What is imagery?
➡ Answer: Words that create pictures in the reader’s mind, appealing to the senses.
What is a root word?
➡ Answer: The main part of a word that gives its basic meaning (e.g. “help” in “helpful”).
here should commas be placed in a list?
➡ Answer: Between items, except before the final and (e.g. apples, bananas, and pears).