Parts of Speech
Name the nouns: "Playing soccer is so much fun!"
What are: "playing" and "soccer"?
TRIPLE!!!
I gave him and her a present.
Identify all parts of the sentence.
I - sub
gave - AVP
him and her - IO
a present - DO
migr like in immigrant
what is wander?
Define! He described in gratuitous detail every piece of cereal he ate for breakfast.
What is "uncalled for"?
MAYBE TRIPLE!!
List 3 different things you can do while annotating an article.
What are: underlining/highlighting main ideas, writing questions, circling unfamiliar words, or restating the main ideas in your own words?
This is the part of speech that connects things like: words in a list, multiple clauses, or other groups of words
What is a conjunction?
What is the DO question?
What is being "verbed"?
curr as in current and concur
what is run?
Define! Some people have strange experiences which transcend the use of language.
What is "goes beyond the limits of" (or something similar)?
This type of sentence tells the main "idea" or point of your essay: what you are trying to claim or prove.
What is a thesis?
Identify the verbs, nouns, and pronouns only:
While running from a mad cow, I tripped and fell into a deep well, where I met a talking duck; he was very energetic.
Verbs: tripped, fell, met, was
Nouns: cow, well, duck
Pronouns: I (twice), he
Every complete sentence should have these two parts of a sentence:
What are the subject and predicate (AVP or LVP)?
trans as in transport, transfer, transcend
what is across?
Define! The disruption of class by a squawking bird in the rafters simply made the students laugh.
What is "disturbing interruption"?
What body paragraphs start with
What is a topic sentence?
Identify adjectives and adverbs only:
While running from a mad cow, I clumsily tripped and fell into a deep well, where I met a talking duck; he was very energetic.
Adjectives: running, mad, deep, talking, energetic
Adverbs: clumsily, very
An LVP can basically be replaced by...
What is an equals sign?
rupt as in erupt and interrupt
what is "break"?
Which new vocab word fits? I _________________ with scientists who say that writing things by hand helps one's memory.
What is "concur"?
Name 2 things you can do in a concluding paragraph!
What are: show the important/relevance of the topic, advise the reader on something to do, ask or show other related topics/issues to think about in the future, end with an interesting idea?
The difference between an adverb and an adjective
My car was bright red. Identify the parts of the sentence!
Subject - car or my car
LVP - was
SC - red or bright red
grat as in gratitude
what is pleasing?
Define: What is "I migrated from Apple to Microsoft products slowly"?
(Hint: this does NOT make sense if you say it is "seasonally")
What is: "moving from one place/area to another"?
You can be sure to stay focused by...
What is...
- using topic sentences?
- reading over your thesis and essay to be sure they match?
- restating your main idea in different words to be sure the essay matches?
Use the verb test to find all the verbs:
Since he was running while smiling, everyone thought that he was crazy.
What are "was running, thought, and was"?
She and I went to the store. What is the subject of that sentence?
What is "She and I?"
Using one stem, come up with THREE MORE WORDS that use that stem (that aren't on the Jeopardy board)
(answers vary)
Translate this sentence into simpler English: "I concur that gratuitous detail in an essay transcends good taste."
What is, "I agree that uncalled for detail in an essay goes beyond the limits of good taste"?
Give a tip for reading over your essay to be sure it's good!
Answers may vary :-)