Nouns
A noun describes. . .
What is a person, place or thing?
A pronoun. . .
What is takes the place of a noun?
A Verb. . .
What is expresses action or state of being?
Adjectives. . .
What is describe a noun?
Define Tone.
What is the attitude of the author?
Name the noun(s) & whether they are Proper or Common:
Nat Palmer designed better and better packet ships.
What is Nat Palmer as Proper & ships as common?
Name the Pronoun:
I want to go to sleep.
What is I?
Name the Verb & whether it is LINKING OR ACTION:
Thomas liked the cake.
What is the Action Verb "liked"?
Name the Adjective(s):
Aggressive Germany developed widespread troubles.
What are aggressive & widespread?
Define Mood.
What is the feeling given to the reader?
Name the noun(s) & whether they are Proper or Common:
Palmer sailed these ships to Europe and back.
What is Palmer as Proper, ships as Common, & Europe as Proper?
Name the Pronoun:
I want to go to her party this weekend.
What are I & her?
Name the Verb & whether it is LINKING OR ACTION:
His mood remained calm for the rest of the class.
What is the Linking Verb "remained"?
Name the Adjective(s):
The live in a beautiful, blue house.
What are beautiful & blue?
Define Style.
What is the word choice and sentence pattern of the author?
Name the noun(s) & whether they are Proper or Common:
The Americans and the Chinese were trading partners for a century.
What is Americans as Proper, Chinese as Proper, partners as Common, & century as Common?
Name the Pronoun:
Can we ask him to go to the party with us?
What are we, him, & us?
Name the Verb & whether it is LINKING OR ACTION:
Jason was also in a calm mood.
What is the Linking Verb "was"?
Name the Adjective(s):
The big, brown, angry dog chased the car down the road.
What are big, brown, & angry?
Define Theme.
What is the moral of the story?
What is the difference between a Proper & a Common noun?
What is a Proper noun is a specific noun and a common noun is a general noun?
What is the difference between a personal and a possessive pronoun?
What is a personal pronoun refers to a specific person, place, thing, or idea & a possessive pronoun shows possession or control?
What is the difference between a Verb & an Action Verb?
What is a Verb expresses action or state of being & an Action Verb tells what something or someone is doing?
Name the Adjective(s):
I worked an eight-hour day in order to go on my three-week vacation to sunny Hawaii and I will see a well-known singer with my handsome husband.
What are eight-hour, three-week, sunny, well-known, & handsome?
Define Diction.
What is word choice?