Choose the Right Part of Speech Directions: For the words in bold, choose the correct part of speech from the choices
listed in a and b.
Example: 1. yellow = b. adjective
1. Today, I will wear my yellow skirt. a. noun b. adjective
2. No, you may not climb onto the roof. a. interjection b. pronoun
3. This warm bath will feel good on my legs. a. verb b. adverb
4. This is a good movie. a. adverb b. adjective
5. Throw the ball as hard as you can . a. verb b. noun
6. I am extremely excited for our trip to Costa Rica. a. adjective b. adverb
7. Should we stay in a hotel or in a youth hostel? a. interjection b. conjunction
8. Where is my suitcase? a. verb b. adverb
9. Your suitcase is in the closet. a. preposition b. adjective
10. Let's make cookies! a. noun b. preposition

Which statement from "letter to his father" is similar to gregor's inability tocommunicate with his father as a bug in the metamorphosis?

1. a poem that tells a story irony 2. taking on human characteristics narrative 3. a direct comparison between two things personification 4. words that are opposite the thoughts in a speaker's mind simile 5. implied comparison introduced with "as" and "like idiom 6. one's own manner of speaking metaphor

Read the excerpt from act 1, scene 3, of julius caesar. cassius. am i not stayed for? tell me. cinna. yes, you are. o cassius, if you could but win the noble brutus to our party— cassius. be you content. good cinna, take this paper and look you lay it in the praetor’s chair, where brutus may but find it. and throw this in at his window. set this up with wax upon old brutus’ statue. all this done, repair to pompey’s porch, where you shall find us. is decius brutus and trebonius there? cinna. all but metellus cimber, and he’s gone to seek you at your house. well, i will hie, and so bestow these papers as you bade me. cassius. that done, repair to pompey’s theatre. what is cassius’s motivation for sending brutus the letter? cassius wants to make sure that cinna is on his side. cassius wants to reassure cinna that brutus will follow them. cassius wants to sway brutus to kill caesar. cassius wants to alert brutus about the conspiracy against him.