P.O.S
Provide the part of speech of the italicized word:
The curious cat quickly jumped onto the table.
What is an adverb?
Provide the part of the sentence of the italicized word:
The students wrote essays about the novel.
What is the Subject
Identify the verbal, appositive or prepositional phrase:
Swimming across the lake requires strength and endurance.
What is a gerund phrase?
This type of story keeps readers guessing until the crime or puzzle is solved.
What is mystery?
“My whole life has been one prolonged hunt.”
What is "The Most Dangerous Game"?
This noun means a complex maze, but figuratively it can describe a confusing bureaucracy or tangled plotline.
What is a Labyrinth?
Provide the part of speech of the italicized word:
During the storm, the children stayed inside and played games.
What is a verb?
Provide the part of the sentence of the italicized word:
The students wrote essays about the novel.
Direct Object
Identify the verbal, appositive or prepositional phrase:
To win the championship was their ultimate goal.
What is an infinitive?
This genre aims to frighten or unsettle readers, often using suspense, the supernatural, or psychological terror.
What is horror?
“As he saw the yellow paper, the pencil flying, scooped off the desk and… sailed out of the night… [he] burst into laughter and then closed the door behind him.”
What is "Contents of a Dead Man's Pocket"?
This word describes a deep, pensive sadness, the kind of mood you might find in Poe’s “The Raven.”
What is Melancholy
Provide the part of speech of the italicized word:
She happily shared her colorful notes with the class.
What is a preposition?
Provide the part of the sentence of the italicized word:
The students wrote essays about the novel.
Verb
Identify the verbal, appositive or prepositional phrase:
Exhausted from the long journey, the travelers rested by the fire.
What is a participle phrase?
This genre imagines worlds shaped by futuristic science or technology.
What is Sci-fi?
“It is three thousand light-years to the Vatican.”
What is "The Star"
This word refers to an uncountable multitude, such as the countless stars visible on a clear night.
What is myriad?
Provide the part of speech of the italicized word:
My brother is extremely tall but very kind.
What is a conjunction?
Provide the part of the sentence of the italicized word:
The students wrote me essays about the novel.
Indirect Object
Identify the verbal, appositive or prepositional phrase:
My cousin, a skilled violinist, performed at the concert.
What is an appositive phrase?
This genre imagines how the world might look if key historical events had turned out differently.
What is Historical Fiction?
“Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly.”
What is "The Monkey's Paw"?
This word describes something dull and repetitive, like a lecture delivered in the same tone without variation.
What is Mundane?
Provide the part of speech of the italicized word:
They will run across the field before sunset.
What is a Pronoun?
Provide the part of the sentence of the italicized word:
I am smart.
Predicate Adjetive
Identify the verbal, appositive or prepositional phrase:
The old manuscript was hidden under the floorboards.
What is a prepositional phrase?
This type of nonfiction writing tells the story of the author’s own life experiences and reflections. An example would be "A Long way Gone"
What is a Memoir?
“Then he tugged the gun from his waistband, checked to make sure it was loaded and moved toward the silent trees."
What is fatherland?
This adjective describes someone warm and easy to talk to, like a teacher who makes even grammar lessons fun.
What is Affable?