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Define It! Grammar
Define It!
Lit Terms
Identify It!
Grammar
Identify It!
Lit Terms
Misc. TIPS
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Definition of a noun.
What is a person, place, thing, or idea.
100
A word that names its sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
100
HE, SHE, IT, YOU, ME
What is pronouns?
100
Freezing --- Boiling excited --- depressed hairy --- bald
What is a antonym?
100
Always capitalize these nouns.
What is proper nouns?
200
Describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
200
A comparison using like or as.
What is simile?
200
Forms of to be: am, are, is, was, were
What is linking verbs?
200
He is a pig, eating like that.
What is a metaphor?
200
Use a thesaurus to find these.
What are synonyms?
300
Connects words and sentences.
What is a conjunction?
300
When the author gives clues about what is to come.
What is foreshadowing?
300
sky-blue, one hundred, dirty
What is adjectives?
300
a flag, a dove, a heart, a cross
What are symbols?
300
____________ answers the questions How?, Where?, When?
What are adverbs?
400
Definition of a verb.
What is a word that shows action or being.
400
Definition of alliteration.
What is the same beginning sounds of words.
400
since, while, if, because
What are subordinating conjunctions?
400
It was so cold, my blood turned to icicles.
What is hyperbole?
400
Be careful to BALANCE your sentences when making a list.
What is parallel structure?
500
The two parts of a sentence. Who the sentence is about and what they did.
What is a subject and predicate.
500
Giving a non-living thing human characteristics.
What is personification?
500
on the door, over the rainbow, under the table
What are prepositional phrases?
500
The hot chocolate enveloped my mouth with its smooth, chocolate warmth.
What is imagery?
500
The most common mistake students make with clauses.
What are incomplete sentences?