Identifying Parts of Speech & Syntax and Diction

What is true about nouns?

• They can be concepts

• They are actions

• They can modify other nouns

• They modify adjectives

What is true about verbs?

• They modify adverbs

• They are person, places, things, ideas

• They include words like "is, am, was, were, has, have, had"

• They can be states of being

It is important to remember that the __________ and ___________ of the word in the sentence can change its part of speech.

What is true about adjectives?

• They modify adverbs

• They modify nouns

• They modify adjectives

• They are actions

What is true about adverbs?

• They modify other adverbs

• They modify nouns

• They modify verbs

• They modify adjectives

What part of speech is the underlined word?

I loved the show WandaVision so freaking much.

• Noun, because freaking is a person.

• Verb, because someone is freaking.

• Adverb, because it modifies the adjective "WandaVision"

• Adverb, because it modifies the adverb "much"

What part of speech is the underlined word?

Watching the show made me appreciate old television.

• noun, because I appreciate things

• verb, because it is an action

• adjective, because it modifies the adjective "old"

• adverb, because it modifies the noun "show"

What part of speech is the underlined word?

It also reminds me that those old shows, like I Love Lucy, were sometimes awkward.

• noun, because it describes a person

• verb, because it is modifies the adjective "awkward"

• adjective, because it modifies the noun "shows"

• adverb, because it explains time.

What part of speech is underlined word below? I really thought that Hydra was the mastermind behind the whole thing!

• noun, because it is a thing

• verb, because it's an action

• adjective, because it modifies the noun "Hydra"

• adverb, because it modifies the verb "thought"

What part of speech is the underlined word?

My favorite easter eggs were the intriguing commercials.

• noun, because it modifies the noun "commercials"

• verb, because it is interesting

• adjective, because it is modifying the noun "commercials"

• adverb, because it is modifying the noun "Easter Eggs"