Writing
This is the main point or argument you are trying to prove in an essay.
This comparison uses the words like or as.
What is a simile?
This is the central point or most important idea of a text.
What is the main idea?
This part of speech describes a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
The person or voice telling a story.
What is the narrator?
"I don't have my phone because mines got taken."
Which word is incorrect in this sentence?
What is the correct word?
What is "mines"?
What is mine?
These are specific details, facts, examples, or quotations that support your claim.
What is evidence?
Saying “The classroom was a zoo” is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
This is a conclusion you reach by combining clues from the text with what you already know.
What is an inference?
In the sentence “The exhausted student dragged himself to class,” this word is the adjective.
What is exhausted?
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
"I don't have my phone because mine was tooken."
What word is incorrect in this sentence?
What is the correct word?
What is "tooken"?
What is taken?
This paragraph of an essay introduces the topic and usually includes the thesis or claim.
What is the introduction?
“The wind whispered through the trees” gives a human action to something that isn't human.
What is a personification?
When a question asks you to “cite evidence,” you should use this to support your answer.
What is evidence from the text. A quote.
This punctuation mark should be used to separate two complete thoughts joined by a coordinating conjunction, such as and, but, or so.
What is a comma?
The time, place, and environment in which a story takes place.
What is setting?
"I want to conversate with my friends this weekend."
Which word is incorrect in the sentence?
What is the correct word?
What is "conversate"?
What is converse?
A paragraph should begin with a sentence that tells the reader what the paragraph will mainly be about.
What is a topic sentence?
“I’ve told you a million times!” is an example of this exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole?
The lesson or message an author wants readers to understand is called this.
What is a theme?
Identify the error: “Me and Sarah went to the store.”
What is "Sarah and I went to the store"?
The way an author feels about the subject or topic of a text.
What is tone?
"I have to presentate in ELA class today."
What is the incorrect word in the sentence?
What is the correct word?
What is "presentate"?
What is present?
After providing evidence, an explanation shows this.
What is how the evidence supports the claim?
A writer uses “The door creaked open slowly. Shadows stretched across the hallway.” This type of language helps readers create a picture in their minds.
What is imagery?
An author mentions several times that a character has been practicing how to use a bow and arrow, even though the character has never needed it before. Later, the character must use it to save someone. The author is using this technique to give readers a hint about what may happen later.
What is foreshadowing?
In the sentence “Although it was raining, we went outside,” this word introduces the dependent clause.
What is although?
The feeling or atmosphere a reader gets from a text.
What is mood?