Parts of Speech
Person, Place or Thing
Noun
The attribution of human characteristics to something nonhuman like in this Poem by Carl Sandburg:
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.
Personification
This comes after an expression of strong feeling.
A. Question Mark
B. Comma
C. Exclamation Mark
D. Period
C. Exclamation Mark
A book about real facts or things that happened.
Non-Fiction
What are some examples of search engines?
Google, Bing, Yahoo
An action word:
run, jumped, sees
Verb
A type of writing to sway you to the author's point of view.
Persuasive Writing
What is missing in this sentence?
I slept too long, Jack said.
A. A period
B. Parenthesis
C. Quotation marks
D. A subject
C. Quotation marks:
"I slept too long," Jack said.
Type of writing that tells a made up story.
Narrative writing, fiction writing
To copy what another source has written and say they are your words and thoughts.
A. Persuasive Essay
B. Expository Essay
C. Bibliography
D. Plagiarism
D. Plagiarism
What part of speech is the italicized word an example of?
The boy pet the large dog.
Adjective
Words whose pronunciations imitate the sounds they describe.
Like:
"Woof" "Bang" "Zap"
Onomatopoeia
Where does the comma go? (1)
He walked down the street and then he turned the corner.
He walked down the street, and then he turned the corner.
This is a form of literature that is often rhythmic and packs an emotional punch.
Poetry
The part an essay where the sources are listed.
A. Front
B. Bibliography
C. Dictionary
D. Back Cover
B. Bibliography
This is used as a way of joining two or more ideas or words together. Most commonly used words are:
for, and, not, but, or, yet.
Conjunction
The occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of closely connected words.
For example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
Alliteration
Where do the commas go? (2-3)
At the store I got broccoli eggs ham and cheese.
At the store I got broccoli, eggs, ham, and cheese.
We use a comma to separate each item in a series
A type of writing that may include magic and things that could not happen in the real world.
Fantasy/Science Fiction
An idea or course of action which will lead to something unacceptable, wrong, or disastrous.
Slippery Slope
This is a word that describes a verb (he sings loudly), an adjective (very tall), or even a whole sentence (Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella).
Hint: these words often end in -ly.
Adverb
This type of essay provides a clear, focused explanation of a topic. It doesn’t require an original argument, just a balanced and well-organized view of the topic.
Expository Essay
Where do the commas go? (2)
John who spent the last three days fishing is back on the job again.
John, who spent the last three days fishing, is back on the job again.
Because we use commas to enclose clauses not essential to the meaning of a sentence
This is a genre which is intended to frighten, scare, or disgust.
Horror
What is a fear of books or reading?
Bibliophobia