Parts of Speech
Whether it's Winterfell, Arrakis, or the walls in "Attack on Titan," this part of speech names any person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
This term names whoever or whatever is doing the action — like Daenerys in "Daenerys rides the dragon."
What is the subject?
The last name of the man in the red suit who hangs out with reindeer and delivers toys via chimney is also the term for any group of words with both a subject and a verb.
What is Claus (a clause)?
This mark brings a sentence to a full, final stop — as final as the Night King's defeat.
What is a period?
This HBO series follows Houses Stark, Lannister, and Targaryen fighting for the Iron Throne.
What is Game of Thrones?
In Fortnite you don't just stand there — you build, loot, and eliminate. This part of speech is the action (or state of being) word.
What is a verb?
Everything the dispatcher does to handle the call in "911" — everything after the caller's name — falls under this term for the "action half" of a sentence.
What is the predicate?
This type of clause doesn't need any help standing on its own — it shares its first name with the holiday that celebrates a country standing on its own, every Fourth of July.
What is an independent clause?
This mark signals a brief pause — like catching your breath between build fights in Fortnite.
What is a comma?
This Frank Herbert novel (and film franchise) follows Paul Atreides and the spice of Arrakis.
What is Dune?
Calling the White Walkers "terrifying" or a Dune sandworm "massive" both use this part of speech, which describes a noun
What is an adjective?
In "Ryland Grace solves the equation," this word is the thing being solved — it receives the action of the verb.
What is "the equation" (the direct object)?
In Gilead, a Handmaid can't survive outside a Commander's household — she's entirely dependent on it to function. This type of clause works the same way: it's got a subject and a verb, but it can't stand alone as a sentence.
What is a dependent (subordinate) clause?
This mark links two closely related independent thoughts without fully stopping — like two Titan shifters who are stronger linked together than apart.
What is a semicolon?
This graphic novel reimagines a classic superhero taking on a hate group in 1940s Metropolis.
What is "Superman Smashes the Klan"?
If Goku powers up "quickly," that describing word — often ending in "-ly" — is this part of speech, modifying a verb.
What is an adverb?
Words like "in," "under," or "through" — as in "through the Rift" — belong to this part of speech, which shows relationships between words.
What is a preposition?
"The squad won." That's a Fortnite victory report — one clause, no side plots, this simple kind of sentence. Now tangle it up with a Game-of-Thrones-style side plot (a dependent clause), and it becomes this other kind of sentence.
What are a simple sentence and a complex sentence?
This mark introduces a list — like Ryland Grace's supply checklist in "Project Hail Mary."
What is a colon?
This long-running drama follows the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit profiling serial killers.
What is Criminal Minds?
Instead of saying "Offred" over and over, "The Handmaid's Tale" can just say "she." This part of speech stands in for a noun.
What is a pronoun?
"Eren smashed the wall" is active. "The wall was smashed by Eren" is passive. This is the voice where the subject does the action instead of having it done to them.
What is active voice?
"Eren wanted to protect his home, he decided to fight the Titans himself, he trained until he was strong enough." What kind of sentence is this?
What is a run-on sentence (or a comma splice)?
This mark shows strong emotion or urgency — like Goku shouting his signature power-up line in "Dragon Ball Z."
What is an exclamation point?
This story's alien character has a signature catchphrase — "Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!" — that he uses whenever human technology impresses him.
What is Project Hail Mary?