Parts of Speech
A person, place or thing.
What is a noun?
Writers repeat words purposefully when they want to emphasize something in their writing.
What is repetition?
The point of view when the narrator is a character inside the story.
What is first person Point of View?
A text in this text structure explains a topic, idea, person, place or object by listing characteristics, features and examples that describe it.
What is Description?
Writers help their readers to visualize the setting in a story by describing the time period, weather, location and social conditions.
What are Setting Details?
A noun that shows it owns something.
What is a possessive noun?
Writers help readers to "make a movie" in their mind by describing what is happening instead of TELLING.
What is Show DONT Tell?
A comparison of two things when you say it IS something else.
What is metaphor?
A text written in this text structure describes an event or how to do something in the order that the events or steps occurred.
What is Chronological Order?
"It is a dreamy place. A wonderful place." is an example of
What Repetition?
The part of speech for "hawk"
What is a noun?
Writers include descriptive details about what characters are doing in order to make them seem like real people.
What are Character Details?
The part of speech for "walk"
What is a verb?
A text written in this text structure explains how two or more topics are similar and how they are different.
What is compare and contrast?
"Dreams are magic chariots pulled through his mind by galloping hues of color."
This is an example of...
What is Show DONT Tell?
These words describe nouns.
What is an adjective?
The words characters are saying.
What is dialogue?
Every sentence should begin with one of these.
What is a capital letter?
This text structure is used to give an answer to a specific need that should be fixed.
What is problem and solution?
"Petunia lives right in Ginger's house just under the stair case next to the grand piano."
This is an example of...
What are Character Details?
These kinds of words show action.
What is a verb?
Details about a character's personality.
What are Internal Traits?
The point of view when the narrator is NOT a character in the story.
What is 3rd Person Point of View?
A text written in this text structure is written in a way that tells about events and what happened as a result.
What is cause and effect?
"Crumbling sidewalks and broken-down doors, graffiti-tagged windows and boarded-up stores."
This is an example of...
What is Setting Details?