ACAP Parts of speech practice

Which is an example of an idiom?

• Jump on the bandwagon.

• It’s raining cats and dogs.

• You’re barking up the wrong tree.

• All of these answers are examples of Idioms.

A phrase that does not literally mean what it says.

• Onomatopoeia

• Metaphor

• Idiom

• Personification

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CCSS.L.3.1G

A figure of speech that we use to give human qualities to something that's not human.

• Personification

• Simili

• Alliteration

• All of these answers go with this definition.

"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room."
What is being personified?

• The Walls

• The room

• The orange

• The scream

'The run down house appeared depressed and out of sorts.'  What human quality/trait is being demonstrated in the sentence?

• House

• Happiness

• Depression

• Loneliness

Which is an example of personification?

• I am so hungry I could eat horse.

• The sun smiled at us.

• The sun is like a light bulb.

• I want to be awesome.

Name the preposition: 
Charles Schulz wrote 17,897 "Peanuts" comic strips in his lifetime.

• “In his lifetime”

• “Lifetime”

• “In”

• “His”

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Which of these are a preposition?

• She

• The table

• Is

• Under

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

“Who” is a preposition?

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.1.1I

CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.5.1A

CCSS.L.K.1E

Pick the correct spelling

• Lemon

• Leman

• Lumun

• Lehmon

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CCSS.L.1.1C

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D