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Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech part 2
Writing & Composition
Poetry
Surprise
100
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
100
The person or thing that does the action in a sentence.
What is a subject?
100
Webbing, drawing Venn Diagrams, and outlining are examples of which stage in writing.
What is brainstorming?
100
The name of a poem which expresses thoughts and feelings and has a musical quality.
What is lyric?
100
A comparison using "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
200
A word that takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
200
The word that pronouns refer to or take the place of.
What is an antecedent?
200
This is used to grab your attention, state the topic, and write the thesis statement.
What is the topic sentence?
200
A poem which praises the deeds of a hero.
What is epic?
200
Where do you place your topic sentence when you write a paragraph?
At the beginning of the paragraph.
300
A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
300
The word that shows action or expresses a state of being in a sentence.
What is a verb?
300
The main idea of the essay.
What is a thesis statement?
300
A poem which tells a story and has a setting, characters and action.
What is a narrative?
300
What is the part of speech of "Basta!" In the following sentence? Basta! Grandma said.
Interjection
400
A word that expresses strong feelings or emotions.
What is an interjection?
400
I, he, she, it, we, and they are all examples of which part of speech.
What are pronouns?
400
Changing the author's words into your own words.
What is paraphrasing?
400
The literary device which the ending sounds in words are the same.
What is rhyming?
400
The use of a word whose sound suggests its meaning.
What is Onomatopoeia
500
A word that shows the relationship and position of noun or pronoun to another one.
What is a preposition?
500
"We drove to the airport in Albuquerque." What is the part of speech of the word "to" in the sentence?
What is a preposition?
500
The five stages of writing.
What are Brainstorm, draft, edit, revise, and publish
500
What is the literary device for the following sentence? "Stars are great drops of golden dew."
What is a metaphor?
500
What is the literary device for the following sentence? "Blue were her eyes as the fairy-flax."
What is a simile?