Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun
Mongoose; main character of the story we we started reading in class
Who is Rikki Tikki Tavi?
Takes the place of a noun; it’s now common for people to ask what your preferred ones of these are
What is a pronoun?
Wrote “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Raven;” there’s a poster of him in Mr. Rose’s room.
Who is Edgar Alan Poe?
Long narrative with multiple pages and chapters
What is a novel?
Shows action or state of being.
What is a verb?
Has green skin, rides a broom, and wants to take Dorothy’s shoes
Who is the Wicked Witch of the West?
Used to join words, phrases, or sentence.
What is a conjunction?
Writes funny books that involve weird creatures and rhyme
Who is Dr. Seuss?
Sometimes rhymes; sometimes doesn’t
What is a poem?
Describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
Sea-dwelling monster with an octopus for a head; there’s a poster of him in Mr. Rose’s room
Who is Cthulhu?
Describes a verb; often ends in ”-ly”.
What is an adverb?
Author of ”Rikki Tikki Tavi” and “The Jungle Book.”
Who is Rudyard Kipling?
You will write one of these in class; it might be to give information or to argue a point; usually 5 paragraphs
What is an essay?
A specific person, place, or thing; always capitalized
What is a proper noun?
Went on an adventure with dwarves, outwitted a dragon, and found a magic ring
Who is Bilbo Baggins?
The opposite of a proper noun
What is a common noun?
Wrote about Bilbo Baggins and his adventures?
Who is J.R.R. Tolkien?
You’d find this in a newspaper or magazine
What is an article?
Shows emotion; set apart from the sentence by an exclamation point or comma
What is an interjection?
Allowed himself to be killed by the White Witch in place of Edmund; is a lion
Who is Aslan?
Describes the relationship between two parts of a sentence; often explained as “anything you can do to a box.”
What is a preposition?
Creator of Cthulhu; heavily influenced Stephen King
Who is H.P. Lovecraft?
Short narrative; no chapters
What is a short story?