Parts of Speech
Person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
Myths typically explain this.
What is nature or natural phenomenon?
WOW! Is considered this part of speech.
What is an exclamation?
This is the mascot of Yasuhara.
What is a Phoenix?
What the sentence is all about.
What is the subject?
This is the action word of the sentence or telling what the subject is doing.
What is a verb?
This myth was about a king who turned everything to gold that he touched.
What is King Midas (and the Golden Touch?)
"I told you a billion times to close the door!" is this figurative language.
What is hyperbole?
The building is made up of these with classrooms in them.
What are neighborhoods?
This goes at the end of all sentences.
What is punctuation/What are punctuation marks?
This part of speech modifies/describes a noun.
This character challenged Arachne to a weaving competition and then turned her into a spider.
Who is Athena?
"The classroom was a zoo" is an example of this type of figurative language, where one thing is compared to another using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
These are four sports or clubs offered at Yasuhara.
What is volleyball, football, flag football, Dungeons and Dragons, Cooking Club, Cheerleading, wrestling, basketball, softball, baseball, track, cross country, Spectrum Club,
Ms. Via ALWAYS tells you to include these TWO things...one at the beginning and one at the end... when you write a complete sentence.
What is a capital letter and ending punctuation?
This part of speech modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb. It often answers questions like "How?" "When?" or "Where?" What is it?
What is an adverb?
This hero, known for his incredible strength, completed twelve labors, including slaying the Nemean Lion and capturing the Golden Hind of Artemis.
In the phrase "Time is a thief," this type of figurative language is used to suggest that time can steal moments from our lives, even though it is not literally capable of theft.
What is a metaphor?
These are the name of the principal, vice principal, and principal assistant.
Who is Mrs. Lundberg, who is Ms. Rendall, and who is Mr. Dehlbom?
These are the TWO parts of a sentence that include the subject and the verb with everything after the verb.
What is the subject and predicate?
In the sentence "Mom baked delicious, warm, chocolate chip cookies," what part of speech are the words Mom AND delicious?
What is Proper Noun and Adjective?
The daughter of the Titan Oceanus, she was cursed by Athena to turn her hair into snakes and become a monster who could turn people to stone with her gaze.
Who is Medusa?
These are examples of an Idiom and Alliteration. (Create one of each)
Idioms: It's raining cats and dogs, the early bird catches the worm, a fish in a small pond, or others
Alliteration: Silly Sally Sipped Cider; Hop, hop, hippety hop; Daring dogs dashed down the dusty dirt road, or others
These are five spaces in Yasuhara.
This is the name of TWO SENTENCES put together with a conjunction like "and".
What is a compound sentence?