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Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech cont.
Grammar knowledge
Grammar knowledge cont.
historical and literary concepts
100
person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
100
A word that introduces a noun (A, An, The)
What is an article?
100
a part of a sentence/phrase that indicates who/what it is about or who performs the action
What is a Subject?
100
a sentence where the subject performs or causes the action
What is an active voice?
100
an imaginary world where everything is perfect
What is a utopia?
200
an action word
What is a verb?
200
a word that refers to a specific noun (the)
What is a definite article?
200
noun that is affected by the action of the verb
What is an object?
200
a sentence in which the subject receives the action expressed by the verb
What is passive voice?
200
an imaginary world where everything is bad or evil
What is a dystopia?
300
word that describes/modifies a noun
What is an adjective?
300
a word that refers to a noun as part of a group (a, an)
What is an indefinite article?
300
a sentence that contains only one subject and action ex. The puppy loves jumping.
What is a Simple Sentence?
300
a specific noun, such as a name or title? ex. Hanna
What is a Proper Noun?
300
a specific type of music, film, or writing
What is genre?
400
a word that describes/modifies a verb, adjective, other adverb, or a preposition
What is an Adverb?
400
a word that takes the place of a noun (he, she, it, you , we, they, I)
What is a pronoun?
400
a sentence that contains two independent clauses connected by a conjunction or a semicolon. ex. The puppy loves to run, but the cat hates running.
What is a Compound Sentence?
400
an adjective that compares three or more nouns? ex. best
What is a superlative adjective
400
a type of genre that is usually set in the past or future, is in a different world or dimension, or is often set in space
What is science fiction?
500
a word that shows the relationship between a noun and other words in the sentence (on, in, to, from, above, below.....)
What is a Preposition?
500
a word that connects two words or phrases- For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So) FANBOYS
What is a Conjunction?
500
a phrase that adds meaning to the nouns and words in a sentence, having two basic parts: a preposition plus a noun/object. ex. over the moon
What is a Prepositional Phrase?
500
an adjective that compares two nouns. ex. better
What is a comparative adjective?
500
ways that segregation affected Lorraine Hansbury
What is: She grew up as an African American during the civil right movement?