Parts of Speech
What part of speech: dog
Noun
Correct usage: its or it's
The dog carried a frisbee in ___ mouth.
its
What kind of sentence: I cannot wait to go on summer vacation.
Simple
What is the smallest unit of a poem?
Line
This computer is garbage!
Metaphor
What part of speech: jump
Correct usage: to or too
I am ___ busy for videogames now that I am in a club.
What kind of sentence: My mom complains that I don't clean my room, yet she never makes her bed!
Compound
Stanza
Fair is foul and foul is fair.
Alliteration
What part of speech: beautiful
Adjective
Correct usage: there, their, or they're?
____ thinking of changing the school mascot.
They're
Complex
A type of poem that has three lines and follows a 5-7-5 syllable pattern.
Haiku
My skin is drier than the Sahara.
Hyperbole
What part of speech: quickly
Adverb
Correct usage: than or then.
Cindy is faster ___ Robbie.
Than
What kind of sentence: She returned her Chromebook after realizing it was damaged.
Complex
A stanza made up on two lines.
Couplet
Time's arrow neither stands still nor reverses. It merely marches forward.
Personification
What part of speech: the
Article
Correct usage: your or you're.
I was told that ___ selling hot chips.
You're
What kind of sentence: After the game, my team lifted me on their shoulders; I felt like the king of the world!
Compound-Complex
A stanza made up of three lines
Tercet
Time is money.
Idiom/Metaphor