Parts of speech/language features

What is a word that describes a noun called?

• Pronoun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Proper noun

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

What is a word that describes a verb called?

• Article

• Auxiliary verb

• Preposition

• Adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Which words in the following sentence are prepositions? - “I walked through the tunnel to the other side, my footsteps echoing around the space.”

• I, tunnel, footsteps

• walked, echoing, other

• through, to, around

• the, my, side

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

When are pronouns used? I.e. in place of …?

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.6.1A

CCSS.L.6.1C

CCSS.L.6.1D

Which of the words in the following sentence are verbs? - “The dog ate hungrily, growling a warning at anyone who dared to look in his direction.”

• ate, growling, dared, look

• dog, anyone, direction

• the, a, his

• warning, at, who

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.1.4C

CCSS.L.2.6

What language technique compares two different things using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’?

• metaphor

• allusion

• hyperbole

• simile

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

What language technique is used to deliberately exaggerate something?

(a)  

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

What technique is used in the following sentence? - “Swept beneath the waves, her body was a limp rag in a washing machine.”

• metaphor

• personifcation

• onomatopoeia

• alliteration

What technique is used in the following sentence? - “The wind howled, the sky glowered, and the rain pounded on the pavement.”

(a)  

What language technique imitates the sound it is describing?

• assonance

• alliteration

• onomatopoeia

• rhyme

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D