Authors
Experts
Parts of Speech
100
Mother to Son
Who is Langston Hughes
100
And so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling—my darling—my life and my bride, In her sepulchre there by the sea— In her tomb by the sounding sea.
What is Edgar Allen Poe's Annabel Lee
100
It's what you do
What is a verb
200
The Raven
Who is Edgar Allen Poe
200
Express'd in the condition, let the forfeit Be nominated for an equal pound Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken In what part of your body pleaseth me.
What is Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice
200
person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun
300
Phenomenal Women
Who is Maya Anglou
300
Does my haughtiness offend you? Don't you take it awful hard 'Cause I laugh like I've got gold mines Diggin' in my own back yard.
What is Maya Angelou's Still I Rise
300
shows the relationship of a noun or a pronoun to some other word in a sentence
What is a preposition
400
The Yellow Wall Paper
Who is Charlotte Perkins Gilman
400
Once upon a midnight dreary, while I pondered, weak and weary, Over many a quaint and curious volume of forgotten lore— While I nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As of some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. “’Tis some visitor,” I muttered, “tapping at my chamber door— Only this and nothing more.”
What is Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven
400
joins words or groups of words (phrases or clauses)
What is a conjuction
500
To Kill a Mockingbird
Who is Harper Lee
500
But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun.
What is Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
500
is used in place of one or more nouns or pronouns
What is a pronoun