Parts of Speech Party
A person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
She was the first (and still only) author to become a billionaire from her writing.
She most famously wrote the Harry Potter series.
Who is J.K. Rowling?
The sequence of events of a story.
What is plot?
Used as the most common way to end a sentence.
What is a period?
The correct spelling of Mr. U's last name.
What is EUSTACE?
A description of a person, place, or thing.
What is an adjective?
He has written many books about the lives of teenagers, particularly African-Americans, through the lens of sports such as basketball.
Who is Kwame Alexander?
What the story says about a particular topic.
What is theme?
Used to separate ideas, elements, or concepts within a single sentence.
What is a comma?
The number of pieces of student artwork around Mr. U's room.
What is 7?
An action.
What is a verb?
She began her career as a writer for various children's shows but gained international acclaim in 2007 when she published her first novel about a dystopian America in which children are forced to compete in gladiatorial contest for national entertainment.
Who is Suzanne Collins?
The experiences of a particular character through the lens of their senses.
Used to add qualifying statements or thoughts, which are not grammatically necessary for a sentence (can be removed and the sentence will still be grammatically correct).
What are parentheses?
(Without turning around) The hashtag (#) at the back of Mr. U's room
What is #famousfirstlines?
A description of a verb or an adjective.
What is an adverb?
He is possibly the most famous author in the English language. He wrote many plays and poems, some of his most famous being: Hamlet, Macbeth, Much Ado About Nothing, Midsummer's Night Dream.
Who is William Shakespeare?
A comparison of two things.
A comparison of two things using like or as.
What is metaphor?
What is simile?
Used to: signify a list, join two independent clauses where the second explains the first, or to emphasize an idea.
What is a colon?
Mr. U's room number.
What is M207?
A word used in place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
He was famously reclusive, spending most of his life in New Hampshire, where he passed away in 2010.
He most famously wrote The Catcher in the Rye.
Who is J.D. Salinger?
A word which phonetically resembles the sound it represents.
What is onomatopoeia?
Used to join two independent clauses; it shows a closer relationship than a period would.
What is a semicolon?
The number of chairs in Mr. U's room.
What is 24?