Parts of Speech
What is a noun?
A person, place, or thing.
What is a sentence?
A string of words that expresses a complete thought, or as a unit consisting of a subject and predicate
What are the three type of sentences?
Simple, compound, and complex sentences
What are the 5 senses that imagery plays upon?
Sight, Smell, Hearing, Touch, and Taste
What's the difference between a fact and opinion?
A fact is something that can be proven. An opinion is someone's feelings about a particular topic
She/Her, He/Him, They/Them
What is the difference between a subject and a predicate?
The subject is what (or whom) the sentence is about, while the predicate tells something about the subject.
Define a simple sentence.
A sentence with only one independent clause
What is an onomatopoeia?
A word that sounds like the noise it describes.
What's the difference between comparing and contrasting?
When we compare two things, we tell how they are alike. When we contrast two things, we tell how they are different.
What is the difference between a verb and an adverb?
A verb is an action word. An adverb describes a verb.
What is a dependent clause?
A clause that does not make sense on its on and needs an independent clause.
What type of sentence has two independent clauses joined by a conjunction?
Compound sentence
Give an example of irony
The Doctor being sick?
Define the word 'Remedy'?
A medicine or treatment for a disease or injury
Describes the placement of the board using a preposition?
The board is ON the wall.
"You are going to win" is an example of what type of clause?
Independent Clause
"They took a lot of pictures when they visited Montana" is what type of sentence?
Complex
What's the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
A simile uses the words 'like' or 'as' to compare 2 things, a metaphor does not.
Explain 'Gourmet' Food
Specialty food that is high quality and expensive that requires expert preparation
The word 'and' would be considered a...?
Conjunction
Jane ate pasta because she was hungry. Find the subject and predicate. Find the dependent and independent clause?
Subject - Jane
Predicate - Ate pasta because she was hungry
Dependent - Jane ate pasta
Independent - Because she was hungry
Tell me a simple, compound, and complex sentence?
Simple - The grass is green.
Compound - The front door was locked, so she entered through the back
Complex - They took a lot of pictures when they visited Montana.
peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is a...
Alliteration
What is the word for a thing that cause great sorrow, troubles, or distress?
Woe