English bell ringer 1

The title??

define noun

Person place thing or idea

Pronoun and verb

Pronoun/replaces main noun Verb/states action of the noun

Adjective and adverb.

Adjective/description of the noun. Adverb/describes verb or modifies it.

What is a metaphor?

Comparing not using like or as

What is a preposition

Preposition/shows the relationship of things given in the location, direction or time. Examples are in, over.

What is an article?

Used before the noun examples are: the, in, a

What is an interjection?

Expressing sudden feeling/emotion examples are; stop ow hey!!

What are the adverbs in this sentence?

When I saw the car burning wildly, I instinctively ran to help.

Wildly, instinctively; most adverbs end in LY

Define personification

Talking about an object, as if it is human

What are the adjectives in the following sentence?

When I saw the red car burning wildly, I instinctively ran to help

Red

Define the word onomatopoeia

A word that copies or makes the sound of the thing it means example; boom Bam thump; the cat meowed

Define a hyperbole

And over reaction in order to emphasize a point example; there were millions of pearls in that store

Which one of these sentences is correctly agreed in number

A. The kids are seated at the table.

B. The kids is seated at the table.

A.

Which sentence is correct in agreement of numbers

A. The basket on the stairs are full of apples.

B. The basket on the stairs is full of apples.

B.

Define author’s tone, what does it mean?

The writers attitude towards their subject/topic

When the word order is inverted, the subject verb must still agree. Number circle the sentence that is in agreement.

A. Down the street runs the children.

B. Down the street runs the children.

A.

List and define the three types of irony give one example of one type

Situational – opposite of what you expect happens

Dramatic – audience know something the actor doesn’t and or character

Verbal – saying the opposite of what you really mean a.k.a. sarcasm

Example of situational; the police station was broken into last night

What does the root Astro stand for?

Star