ELA 10 - All Units

Question 1

what is a noun

Answer 1

A word used to identify people. place or thing

Question 2

what is a adjective

Answer 2

A word that describes a noun, telling you more about the qualities and characteristics.

Question 3

what is a verb

Answer 3

An action or describes the state of being

Question 4

what is a adverb

Answer 4

A word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, another adverb, or entire sentence.

Question 5

What is a simple sentence

Answer 5

a sentence consisting of just one independent clause, with a single subject and predicate.

Question 6

What is clause

Answer 6

A group of words contain a subject (noun), and a verb

Question 7

what is a predicate

Answer 7

the part of a sentence or clause containing a verb and stating something about the subject

Question 8

What is a compound

Answer 8

A sentence that contains at least two independent clause connected with either a semicolon or a comma that is followed by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS).

Question 9

What is FANBOYS

Answer 9

F - For
A - And
N - Nor
B - But
O - Or
Y - Yet
S - So

Question 10

What is a complex sentence

Answer 10

A sentence that has one main part/independent clause, which can stand alone, and more additionally parts/dependent clauses that provide extra information but can’t stand alone. Connected with because, when, although, or while.

Question 11

What is a conjunction

Answer 11

A word that connects other words, phrases, clauses together in a sentence.

Question 12

What is a dependent clauses

Answer 12

A group of words that contains a subject and verb, but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence because it does not express a complete thought

Question 13

What is a independent clauses

Answer 13

A group of words that express a complete thought and can stand alone as a sentence.

Question 14

What is a complete thought

Answer 14

A full idea that makes sense on its own.

Question 15

Identify the type of sentence; I was eating cake when it was raining.

Answer 15

Complex

Question 16

Identify the type of sentence; I was eating cake, and I liked it.

Answer 16

Compound

Question 17

Identify the type of sentences; I went to the cinemas to see a movie.

Answer 17

Simple

Question 18

Identify the type of sentences; The students were bored in the class, but they tried to be attentive.

Answer 18

Compound

Question 19

Identify the type of sentences; Ramu is too poor to buy a bicycle

Answer 19

Simple

Question 20

Identify the type of sentences; Ramu did not buy the cycle as he was too poor.

Answer 20

Complex

Question 21

What is an alliteration

Answer 21

A literary device that is the repetition of the same sound or letter at the beginning of multiple words in a sentence or phrases.

Question 21

Identify the type of sentences; The dog slept in the park, yet It was given food

Answer 21

Compound

Question 22

What is a metaphor

Answer 22

A figure of speech in which a word or phrase is applied to an object or Acton to which is not literally applicable or describing something y comparing it to something else, without saying “like” or “as”.

Question 22

What is a allusion

Answer 22

A literary device that references something in the real world, whether a person, a event, place, or thing or to a part of another text.

Question 23

What type of poem is this; You are my shining star

Answer 23

Metaphor

Question 24

What type of poem is this; Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers

Answer 24

Alliteration

Question 25

What type of poem is this; "My love for you is like the ocean deep, So vast it could make the mountains weep, A thousand suns couldn't match its glow, And when it's gone, the stars will know.

Answer 25

Hyperbole

Question 26

What is a hyperbole

Answer 26

A figure of speech in which exaggeration or overstatement is used for emphasis or effect.

Question 27

What is a oxymoron

Answer 27

A phrase where two words with opposite meanings are placed ne to each other, creating a seemingly contradictory statement/a statement that doesn't make sense

Question 28

What type of literacy device is this; Seriously funny/ Clearly confused

Answer 28

Oxymoron

Question 29

What is rhyming

Answer 29

Repeating identical or similar sounds at the end of words

Question 30

What is personification

Answer 30

A type of figurative language that gives human characteristics to nonhuman thigs or inanimate object.

Question 31

What type of poem is this; The sun smiles down on us

Answer 31

personification

Question 32

What is a simile

Answer 32

A way of describing something or a figure of speech that compares two things using the words "like" or "as" to make the comparison clear.

Question 33

What type of poem is this; Cold as ice

Answer 33

Simile

Question 34

What is a onomatopoeia

Answer 34

A word that sounds like the noises it describes

Question 35

What type of poem is this; meow and boom

Answer 35

onomatopoeia

Question 36

What is a connotation

Answer 36

The use of a word that suggest a different association than its literal meaning.

Question 37

What type of poem is this; She's feeling blue

Answer 37

connotatiion

Question 38

what is a imaginary

Answer 38

A literary device that evokes a sensory experience for the reader by using highly descriptive language.

Question 39

What is a sonnet

Answer 39

A fourteen-line poem with a fixed pattern of rhymes, each line has 10 syllables. Most famous type of sonnet is ABAB CDDCD EFEF GG rhyme schemes.

Question 40

What is a lyric

Answer 40

Words of a song

Question 41

What is a Ballad

Answer 41

A slow romantic or sentiment song. A narrative composition in rhythemic verse suitable for singing

Question 42

What is a Narrative

Answer 42

A spoken or written poem that tells a story, often using the both a narrator and characters.

Question 43

What is a Free Verse

Answer 43

A poetic style that does not follow or feature a set meter or rhyme scheme.