Defining Parts of Speech
Words for specific people, places, objects, and concepts
What are Proper Nouns?
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she/ With silent lips.
What is a noun or common noun?
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, / With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
What are "with" and "from"?
brazen giant of Greek fame
CONCRETE - "giant"
ABSTRACT - "fame"
True or false? The indirect object of a sentence is the recipient of the direct object.
What is true?
Words that indicate time, place, or position
What are prepositions?
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
What is "linking verb"?
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
What is "at"?
a torch, whose flame / Is the imprisoned lightning
Find the Direct Object: Emma Lazarus wrote "The New Colossus" in 1883 to raise money for the construction of a pedestal for the Statue of Liberty
What is "The New Colossus"?
Words that explain the actions of nouns
What are verbs?
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame / Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name / Mother of Exiles.
What is a proper noun?
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame / Is imprisoned lightning...
What is "with"?
From her beacon-hand / Glows world-wide welcome
CONCRETE - beacon-hand
ABSTRACT - world-wide welcome
Direct or Indirect Object: France gave us the statue of liberty
What is "Indirect Object"?
Words that modify nouns
What are adjectives?
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she/ With silent lips.
What are adjectives?
and her name / Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand / Glows world-wide welcome;
What is "from"?
“Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!”
CONCRETE - lands
ABSTRACT - pomp
Direct or Indirect Object: USA will help them with aid.
What is "direct object"
Words that modify verbs
What are adverbs
Note: adverbs can also modify adjectives or other adverbs
In the poem, Lazarus very passionately conveys an idealistic vision of America as the protector of immigrants.
What are two adverbs?
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,/ I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”
What is "to" and "beside"?
Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
CONCRETE - tired, poor, masses (even though these are all adjectives, they all refer to people in this context)
Select the Direct AND Indirect Objects: Give me your tired, your poor, / Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free...
DIRECT OBJECT - your tired, your poor, your huddled masses...
INDIRECT OBJECT - me