Verbals
participles, gerunds, infinitives
What are the three types of verbals?
a comparison of two unlike things by saying that one thing is a dissimilar object or thing
What is metaphor?
least favorite
What is oxymoron?
means land
What is terra?
a word that expresses an action that the subject of the sentence does
What is action verb?
a verbal that acts like a noun
What is gerund?
an exaggeration that cannot possibly be true
What is hyperbole?
Henry stomped through the door like an elephant.
What is simile?
means break, burst
What is rupt?
the simple past of walk
What is walked?
a verb form that is preceded by the word to
What is an infinitive?
giving human qualities to nonhuman things
What is personification?
The lake was a mirror on the calm, clear Saturday.
What is a metaphor?
measure
What is meter?
accompanies another verb to help express its tense, mood or voice
What is an auxiliary verb?
infinitives serve as what three parts of speech
What are nouns, adjectives and adverbs?
the repetition of the same initial consonant sound in a series of words
What is alliteration?
I love the sound of bacon sizzling in the pan.
What is onomatopoeia?
moon
What is luna?
the simple past of swim
What is swam?
Identify the noun modified by the participle phrase:
The young child hugged the dog wagging its tail.
What is dog?
the use of words whose sounds suggest their meaning
What is onomatopoeia?
Sheila was over the moon when she saw her report card.
What is idiom?
feeling, suffering
What is path?
the past participle of strive
What is striven?