Parts of Speech
A verb that expresses a state of being. It connects the subject to a word or word group that identifies or describes the subject.
What is a Linking Verb?
A type of sentence that gives a command or makes a request.
What is imperative sentence?
A noun or pronoun placed beside another noun or pronoun to identify or describe it.
What is an appositive?
A figure of speech that compares two unlike things using words "like" or "as".
What is a simile?
The narrator of the book and daughter to Atticus.
Who is Scout?
Emphasizes a noun or another pronoun and is unnecessary to the meaning of the sentence.
What is an intensive pronoun?
It consists of two or more subjects that are joined by a conjunction and that have the same verb.
What is a compound subject?
A verb or verb phrase that can function as an adjective.
What is a participle?
A literary technique where one thing is compared to another without using "like" or "as" by stating they share some of the same qualities.
What is a metaphor?
Who said it ...
"I felt right sorry for her."
Who is Tom Robinson?
They may come before, after, or between words they modify.
What is an Adverb?
It consists of two or more verbs that are joined by a conjunction and that have the same subject.
What is a compound predicate?
A verb or verb phrase that can function as a noun, adjective, or adverb and begins with "to".
What is an infinitive?
The most intense moment within the story, marking a turning point for the protagonist as they confront the main conflict.
What is the climax?
These two characters SYMBOLIZE the mockingbird.
Who is Tom Robinson and Boo Radley?
A word that joins two clauses or two ideas, so that one is grammatically dependent on the other. (They introduce a dependent adverb clause.)
What is a subordinating conjunction?
A word or word group that completes the meaning of a verb.
What is a Complement?
Identify the Verbal Phrase.
"She wanted to break the world record."
What is an infinitive?
"to break the world record"
Acts as a Noun (More specifically the Direct Object)
An idea that recurs in a work of art or literature.
What is the Theme?
As Jem struggles with the guilty verdit, he is dealing with ?
What is internal conflict?
Transition words, like however or also, connect independent clauses or sentences by showing the relationship between them.
They usually follow a semi-colon or period and are followed by a comma.
What is a conjunctive adverb?
A word or word group in the predicate that further helps identify the subject.
What is a predicate nominative?
Identify the Verbal Phrase.
"The written report was due yesterday."
What is a past participle?
"written"
A type of literary device that reveals detail about a character without stating them explicitly.
What is indirect characterization?
Who said it...
'Try fighting with your head for a change . . it's a good one, even if it does resist learning.'
Who is Atticus?