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This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun.
Adjective
This is the main character of a story.
Protagonist
The sentence "The dog barked loudly" contains this type of verb.
Action verb
This literary element refers to the time and place in which a story occurs.
Setting
A group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought is called this.
A sentence
The words "their," "there," and "they're" are examples of these.
Homophones
A comparison using "like" or "as" is called this.
Simile
In the sentence "Maria and I went to the store," this is the subject.
Maria and I
The struggle between opposing forces in a story is called this.
Conflict
This punctuation mark is used to show possession.
Apostrophe
The sentence "The book was read by the student" is written in this voice.
Passive Voice
A recurring idea or message in a literary work is called this.
Theme
The phrase "the wind whispered through the trees" is an example of this literary device.
Personification
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb is called this.
Adverb
The highest point of tension in a story is known as this.
Climax
The sentence "Neither the students nor the teacher was late" demonstrates this grammar rule.
Subject-verb Agreement
When an author gives hints about future events in a story, this literary technique is being used.
Foreshadowing
The phrase "I've told you a million times" is an example of this figure of speech.
Hyperbole
A narrator who knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters uses this point of view.
Third-person omniscient
A sentence containing one independent clause and at least one dependent clause is called this.
In the sentence "Despite the storm, the team continued practicing because the championship was near," identify the dependent clause.
because the championship was near.
A character who undergoes significant change throughout a story is known as this type of character.
Dynamic Character
The contradiction between appearance and reality in literature is called this.
Irony
The phrase "The classroom was a zoo" is an example of this literary device.
Metaphor
This type of conflict occurs when a character struggles against society's rules, traditions, or expectations.
Character vs. Society