Parts of Speech
Words that describe people, places, and things.
What are adjectives?
The verb tense shown in the following sentence:
Jacob is going to the mall after school.
What is present tense?
This person is the main character of a novel, the hero or heroine.
What is the protagonist?
She is the first woman of color to become Vice-President of the United States.
What is Kamala Harris?
A comparison of two things without using "like" or "as".
What is a metaphor?
Words that modify or describe verbs, adjectives, or themselves.
What are adverbs?
A sentence that has two or more independent clauses with no punctuation in place.
What is a run-on sentence?
This is a tragic play about two lovers whose families are responsible for their deaths.
What is Romeo and Juliet?
Though he was born with the last name Little, he would grow up to change it once he became a Muslim.
Who is Malcolm X?
In poetry, this has the same function as a paragraph.
What is a stanza?
Words used to join phrases and clauses together.
What are conjunctions?
This sentence has two or more independent clauses joined together by a conjunction.
What is a compound sentence?
The author of the Harry Potter Series
Who is JK Rowland?
The Golden State Warriors point guard, who has played for Team USA's senior national squad since 2010, is one of the foremost three-point shooters in the NBA.
Who is Steph Curry?
He is the author of the following poems:
Mother to Son
Harlem
I, too, Sing America
Who is Langston Hughes?
The following words are examples of this part of speech: with, beside, under, across
What are prepositions?
The word "news" functions as this in the following sentence:
The news was shocking and unbelievable.
What is the subject?
This is a novel set in rural Alabama, about an innocent black man accused of rape, who is defended by a lawyer named Atticus Finch.
What is To Kill a Mockingbird?
Since playing in his first professional tournament at age 16, he has gone on to become the first golfer ever to hold all four professional major championships at the same time.
Who is Tiger Woods?
The following words are examples of this poetic device:
What is onomatopoeia?
The following words are examples of this part of speech: Hey!, Ouch!, Awww! Hooray! Congratulations!
What are interjections?
The answer is the beginning of sentences, important words in a title, and proper nouns.
What is when should a word be capitalized?
The author of the following works:
Hamlet
The Taming of the Shrew
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Who is William Shakespeare?
The author of the following works:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Phenomenal Woman
Who is Maya Angelou?
The poetic device that uses exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally is called this.
What is hyperbole?