Parts of Speech
What are the two types of nouns?
Proper (capitalized) and Common (lowercase)
What is the difference between simile and metaphor?
Simile uses "like" or "as"
The main argument of your essay is called...
Thesis
Replace the nouns in this sentence with pronouns:
Mary played with the little lambs.
She played with them.
When Miss Rebekah smiled, her face lit up like a fresh lightbulb.
Simile
This part of speech replace a noun
Pronoun
Personification is...
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things
What are the three components to a body paragraph?
- Introductory sentence/main argument
- Evidence
- Explanation
Find the main subject and action in:
After 20 orbits, the shuttle landed at an air force base.
Shuttle; Landed.
Miss Rebekah's eyes were lightning and her voice was thunder when she reprimanded her students.
Metaphor
A complete sentence requires a ____ and ____
Noun and Verb
This type of figurative language is a reference to a preexisting person, artwork, even, or piece of pop culture
Allusion
A run-on sentence is when...
Two complete ideas are joined without the right punctuation or connecting words.
Identify the adjective and adverb:
People couldn't help but recognize that Princess Elsa is extremely beautiful.
Adj: beautiful; Adverb: extremely
As Miss Rebekah laid in bed, she saw the hands of the clock crawl towards midnight.
Personification
What is the difference between an adjective and adverb?
Adjective: describes noun; Adverb: describes verbs, adjectives, adverbs
This type of figurative language is a commonly used phrase that has a different meaning from the actual individual words
Idiom
underlined, italicized, quotation marks
Identify the verb and adverb:
Madison Beer usually records her album in Hollywood, California.
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
Alliteration
This part of speech shows the relationship between a pro/noun and other words in a sentence
Preposition
Alliteration is the repetition of the same initial _______ sound
Consonant
Megamind should be ____ when handwritten and ____ when typed. But The Lottery should be in ____ when handwritten and ______ when typed.
Underlined; Italicized; Quotation Marks; Quotation Marks
Find the adverb and preposition:
I had a life jacket, but I still swam poorly in the hotel pool.
adverb: poorly; preposition: in
Elsa asked Miss Rebekah to keep a secret, but Miss Rebekah let the cat out of the bag.
Idiom