Parts of Speech
What part of speech describes a noun?
What is an adjective?
This is the full name of the novel's main protagonist, a teenage girl from District 12.
Who is Katniss Everdeen?
These two characters serve as the novel's two main protagonists, sired under the watchful eye of Scythe Farraday.
Who are Citra Terranova and Rowan Damisch?
This kind of sentence wraps up all the "main ideas" of an essay into a single, organized thought.
What is a thesis sentence?
This type of figurative language may be called "Comic Book Words" as the word is a description of sound.
What is an onomatopoeia?
What is the part of speech of the following underlined word?
There were many memories floating around my head tonight.
What is a noun?
This is the name of the woman who guides Katniss and Peeta through the capital, often described as having a weird way of speaking.
Who is Effie Trinket?
This is the name of the novel's main antagonist, named for a famous rocket scientist.
Who is Scythe Goddard?
This type of argument compares one situation to another to help a reader better understand what's being said.
What is an Argument by Analogy?
Identify the subject in the following sentence:
The movie was about ninjas in Feudal Japan.
What is "movie?"
What is the part of speech of the following underlined word?
The boy held onto his backpack when the bully tried to take it.
What is a preposition?
This character is the fourth to last character remaining in the Hunger Games.
Who is Thresh?
Similar to The Hunger Games, Scythe is this type of novel, which focuses around elements of society's corruption.
What is dystopian?
What kind of argument is made by the following statement?
"According to the Pew Research Center, there are several reasons that we should be recycling every day!"What is an Argument by Authority?
What is the rhyme scheme of the following poetic stanza?
There was a dog in Brazil,
who knew the secrets of the world.
I told him to hang out and chill,
But he ran away.
What is
A
B
A
C
?
What is the part of speech of the following underlined word?
The boy pulled the girl's hair quickly, revealing that she was actually wearing a wig!
What is an adverb?
This is the name of the original muttation that later became the origination for the "mockingjays"
What are Jabberjays?
What are the Old Guard and the New Order?
Compose an Argument by Cause and Effect that outlines why we shouldn't get a raccoon as a class pet.
What is...?
This type of poetry can be read from top to bottom, then again from bottom to top, often taking on a new meaning!
What is a palindrome poem?
Provide the part of speech for every word in the following sentence:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Write them in order.
The group with the most correct gets the points.
What is:
A Adj Adj N V Prep A Adj N
?
This story, written by Shirley Jackson, was written in 1948 by Shirley Jackson, is credited for some of the inspiration for the Hunger Games books!
What is "The Lottery?"
This story shows remarkable similarities to this short story, written in 1943 by American author Ray Bradbury, focusing on a farmer who reaps a never-ending wheat field.
What is "The Scythe?"
This is the word for an argument that supports a "counterclaim," often providing further detail or addressing a specific issue of the main argument.
What is a "rebuttal?"
This was the first short story we read together back in August, focusing on a family in England who receives an interesting gift from a returning war general.
What is "The Monkey's Paw?"