Parts of Speech
What part of speech is the word "quickly"
adverb
Which of the following sentences contains a simile?
A. The stars danced across the sky.
B. The night was as dark as coal.
C. The angry wind howled through the trees.
D. The clock stared at me from the wall.
B. The night was as dark as coal.
What is a stanza in a poem?
A. The main idea of the poem
B. A group of lines arranged together
C. The sound pattern of the poem
D. The last line of a poem
B. A group of lines arranged together
Which two words are homophones?
A. sea
B. see
C. zoo
D. sew
“see” and “sea” are homophones
What punctuation sign is used at the start of a sentence?
Capital letter
Question:
In the sentence “The dog chased the ball across the field,” which words are nouns?
dog, ball, field
Identify the figure of speech in the sentence:
The flowers nodded their heads in the breeze.
Personification – flowers are given human qualities (nodding).
A quatrain is a stanza made up of how many lines?
C. 4 lines
Identify the homonym in the sentence below and give its two meanings:
The bat flew out of the cave.
bat
Add commas where necessary:
For breakfast I had eggs toast juice and fruit.
For breakfast I had eggs, toast, juice, and fruit.
→ Commas separate items in a list.
Which word in this sentence is a verb?
“The children laughed loudly during the play.”
laughed
Which phrase uses a metaphor?
A. The classroom was a zoo.
B. The baby cried like a siren.
C. The water sparkled in the sun.
D. The clouds moved lazily.
A. The classroom was a zoo.
What is a sonnet?
B. A 14-line poem that often follows a specific rhyme scheme
Question:
Which pair of words are homographs?
A. flour / flower
B. read / read
C. two / too
D. here / hear
B. read / read
Explain the difference in meaning between these two sentences:
a) The boy’s hat is on the chair.
b) The boys’ hats are on the chair.
a) boy’s → singular possessive (one boy)
b) boys’ → plural possessive (more than one boy)
Find the adverb and explain what it tells us:
“She sang beautifully at the concert.”
beautifully — It describes how she sang (modifies the verb sang).
What sound device is used in the sentence below, and what effect does it create?
The buzzing bees built busy hives behind the barn.
Alliteration
A traditional Petrarchan/Italian sonnet is divided into two parts.
Name these two parts and explain how they differ in purpose.
Octave (first 8 lines): Presents a problem, situation, or question.
Sestet (last 6 lines): Offers a solution, reflection, or conclusion.
What does the prefix “un–” mean in the word “unhappy”?
Not or opposite of – unhappy means not happy.
Insert the correct punctuation:
The teacher shouted Stop talking immediately
The teacher shouted, “Stop talking immediately!”
When is a verb finite?
Shows action/state of being
has a subject
has tense
there is agreement between the subject and verb
Identify the figure of speech in each part of the sentence and explain its effect:
The thunder roared angrily as the sky wept heavy tears of rain.
thunder roared angrily → Personification (gives human emotion to thunder)
sky wept heavy tears of rain → Metaphor (compares rain to tears, creating a vivid, emotional image)
What is the rhyme scheme of this short poem:
The sky is blue
The grass is green
The clouds drift through
A peaceful scene
abab
Identify the suffix in the word “careless” and explain how it changes the meaning of the base word.
Suffix: –less
Meaning: “without” – it changes care (noun/verb) to careless (adjective), meaning without care.
Add brackets and a dash correctly:
My brother who is only ten years old won the race
My brother (who is only ten years old) — won the race.