Parts of Speech
It names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
A group of related words that functions in a sentence as a single part of speech.
What is a phrase?
An __ is a noun or pronoun that identifies or renames another noun.
What is an appositive?
A comparison of two unlike things that contains the words "like" or "as."
What is a simile?
These creatures lure sailors to their deaths with song.
Who are the Sirens?
This teacher is named after a bird.
Who is Mrs. Tumbledown?
What is a verb?
At its most basic, an absolute phrase contains these: a __ and a __.
What are a noun and a participle?
Nonessential appositives are set off by this kind of punctuation.
What are commas?
Attributing human qualities to a non-human object.
What is personification?
He is the king of the gods.
Who is Zeus?
This teacher could fingerprint you in class.
Who is Mr. Dale?
What is the ONLY part of speech in the following list NOT modified (described) by adverbs?
Nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs
What are nouns?
Identify the absolute phrase:
Apollo, tail twitching, wanted his supper.
What is "tail twitching"?
Identify the appositive in this sentence:
My car, a Hyundai Elantra, had a flat tire.
What is "a Hyundai Elantra"?
The repetition of initial consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
Helios is the god of this bright daytime star.
What is the sun?
These two teachers are married to one another.
Who are Ms. Swenor and Mr. Moye?
Identify the three prepositions in this line from a classic holiday song:
Over the river and through the woods to Grandmother's house we go.
What are "over," "through," and "to"?
Identify the absolute phrase:
Sun setting behind the mountains, the hikers hurried to put up their tent.
What is "sun setting behind the mountains"?
Is the underlined appositive considered essential or nonessential?
My best friend, Amy, went to the concert with me.
What is nonessential?
Basically an epic nickname, it renames a person or thing with a descriptive phrase.
What is an epithet?
Odysseus' mentor and protector, the goddess of war and wisdom.
Who is Athena?
What will Ms. Cardillo not enter this building in the morning without?
A cup of coffee.
The acronym FANBOYS refers to this part of speech.
What are conjunctions?
Identify the absolute phrase:
We ran into the house, the wind blowing fiercely.
What is "the wind blowing fiercely"?
Identify the appositive and whether it is essential or nonessential.
The movie Pretty Woman is my favorite.
"Pretty Woman"; essential
Odysseus refers to __ as an "eater of guests under your roof!"
Who is Polyphemus?
Polyphemus is a member of this race of one-eyed giants.
Who are the Cyclopes?
When Ms. Sullivan is trying to get your attention, she most often threatens to __.
What is dance?
Identify the interjection:
Ugh, that homework assignment took all night.
What is "ugh"?
Arms burning, the waiter didn't know how much longer he could carry the heavy platter.
Is the underlined word a past participle or present participle?
What is a present participle?
Explain how you'd revise this sentence to turn the nonessential appositive into an essential appositive.
The quarterback, Tom Brady, won ten straight games.
What is "remove the commas"?
In The Odyssey, what type of figurative language is most associated with the Dawn?
What is personification?
Zeus's messenger, the god of travelers. He helps Odysseus outwit Circe.
Who is Hermes?
Before Mr. Nadeau was the principal at Academy, what subject did he teach here?
What is History?