Parts of speech
The action in a sentence is called ______________.
verb
When we give human qualities to non-living objects it is called...
Personification
Name one work of nonfiction that we read this year.
Chunky Peanut Butter
La Vida Robot
First They Killed My Father
I Couldn't Imagine Wanting to Dye My Hair Blond
Essay 3A
Identify two different uses of the quotation marks.
To indicate dialogue
To indicate the title of a short, published work of literature
To emphasize a word
To pull a direct quotation from a source
Discombobulated is an adjective which describes. . .
confusion
This is the most common suffix on an adjective.
OUS
This refers to the main idea or message of a literary work.
theme
What was a narrative poem we read this year?
"The Highwayman"
"A Visit From Saint Nick"
Make Lemonade
This little punctuation mark is used to combine words that belong together, such as merry-go-round.
hyphen
What does it mean to be despondent?
Depressed; not reacting to the world around us
These one word "sentences" express an abrupt thought or strong emotion.
interjections
We find these three literary elements in the exposition of most stories.
characters, setting, conflict
Long, fictional , works of prose are called. . .
novels
This punctuation mark can be used in place of a conjunction to combine two independent sentences.
semicolon
Surrealism would be found in which of your classes at school?
Art
a, an, the
What is allusion?
A reference to a character or event from history or another literary work, etc.
What is the only significant difference between an essay and an article?
author's purpose of article is to inform
author's purpose of an essay is to persuade
This punctuation mark is used to begin a list when we do not have a verb or preposition to do it.
colon
Abhor is verb which means to . . .
Hate something with a passion
Words such as "over," "under," and "through," which show a relationship between nouns are called...
prepositions
A repeated feature or pattern that takes on a symbolic meaning in a work of literature is called a. . .
motif
What was the only memoir that we read this year?
First They Killed My Father
This punctuation mark is used to cite our source after our borrowed information.
parentheses
Lexicon is just a fancy word for this common item. . .
a dictionary