Parts of Speech
The 8 parts of speech
What is a verb, adverb, noun, preposition, conjunction, adjective, pronoun and interjection?
In American English, periods and commas always go in this location relative to quotation marks.
What is INSIDE the quotation mark?
Birthplace of Shakespeare.
What is Stratford-upon-Avon, England?
This device makes a comparison between two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
CS Lewis's first science fiction novel, written in response to a pact with Tolkien to produce excellent Christian science fiction literature.
What is Out of the Silent Planet?
What is 1. a word that does an action 2. shows a state of being 3. links two words together and 4. helps another verb.
What is declarative, imperative, interrogative, and exclamatory?
Six elements of a plot.
What is: Setting, Inciting Action, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution?
What is a metaphor?
Christian family from Holland who served in the underground resistance against the Nazis and worked to save Jews. The daughter, Corrie, wrote a famous book about their lives called The Hiding Place.
Who are the Ten Booms?
List 15 prepositions
:)
Semi-colons will always be located in this location relative to the quotation mark.
What is OUTSIDE the quotation mark?
Object, sound or idea that reoccurs throughout a story to highlight the author's larger theme.
What is a motif?
Character whose head turns into a donkey through the magic of Puck in A Midsummer Nights Dream.
Who is Bottom?
Three parts of speech modified by adverbs.
What are verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.
Three elements that comprise a complete sentence.
What are a subject, predicate and a complete thought?
What is a thesis?
Words in a sentence that begin with the same sound.
What is alliteration?
A term adopted from one of Dicken's characters to describe someone who is stingy, a pinchpenny, ungenerous and mean-spirited to others.
What is a Scrooge?
The part of speech(s) that must always follow a preposition in a sentence.
What is a noun or pronoun? (Prepositions must always have an object following them.)
This punctuation mark is placed after the greeting of a business letter.
What is a colon?
This event occurred from 1939-1945.
What is World War II?
Device displayed by CS Lewis through the talking animals in Narnia.
What is anthropomorphism?
Shakespeare's final play.