Parts of Speech
Vocabulary
Genres
More parts of speech & Grammar
Just for Fun
100
This part of speech is a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
100
To become weak
What is languish?
100
This style of writing expresses feelings and ideas; some types of this style include acrostic, free-verse, wanted posters, etc.
What is poetry?
100
"the" and "a/an" are examples of this part of speech
What is an article?
100
This is your teachers age
What is 34?
200
This part of speech is specifically a name of a person or place
What is a proper noun?
200
to thunder
What is fulminate?
200
The Grand Rapids Press or your text books are examples of this genre.
What is expository writing?
200
_________ junction, what's your function? This part of speech helps tie a sentence together. "But" is an example of this.
What is a conjunction?
200
Jazz, Lindy, Rhythm, & Blues are the names of what?
Who are Mrs. Fauskee's pets?
300
This part of speech describes a noun
What is an adjective?
300
To grow tired of, as with too much sweet
What is cloy?
300
This genre has elements of gods, goddesses, good & evil, & often explain how an element of nature came to be.
What are myths and legends?
300
This piece of punctuation is referred to as a "list-maker" and is used where there is a natural pause in writing.
What is a comma?
300
Mrs. Fauskee has this many family members in her expanded family.
What is 9?
400
This part of speech describes a verb (HOW something is done).
What is an adverb?
400
to sparkle
What is coruscate?
400
Cinderella, Aladdin, 3 Little Pigs are all examples of this genre of writing which include the elements of good vs. evil, royalty, talking animals, and the laws of nature as we understand them not operating.
What are fairy tales?
400
This piece of punctuation ends a complete thought.
What is a period?
400
This state Mrs. Fauskee traveled to is in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.
What is Hawaii?
500
This part of speech refers to a location of something (ex. on, over, above, there, etc)
What is a preposition?
500
to yield in a servile, fawning way
What is truckling?
500
Previous presidents and our current president have this type of story written to reflect their personal stories; someone else would have written these accounts about them.
What is a biography?
500
This piece of grammar is placed in a "time" such as Twelve O'Clock; it is also placed in writing prior to a long list.
What is a colon?
500
This is Mrs. Fauskee's "other" height. I'm not 6'2", but....
What is 5'14"