Subject, Predicates, and Objects
What is a noun?
Person, place or thing.
What is a homphone?
Words that sound the same but have
different spellings are homophones.
Examples: petal / peddal or to / two / and too.
What is setting in a story?
Time and location in which a story takes place
What is a simile?
Making a comparison using "like" or "as".
Example:
She is like a rainy day.
He is as busy as a bee.
What type of figurative language is this an example of?:
Swoosh went the basketball through the hoop.
Onomateopoeia
What is a verb?
An action word
Example: She reads a book.
What is a homonym?
Words that sound the same and have
the same spellings are homonyms.
Examples: bear / bear or stalk / stalk
What is the plot in a story?
How the author arranges events to develop the basic idea; it is the sequence of events in the story.
What is a metaphor?
Making a comparison without using "like" or "as"
Examples:
She is a graceful swan.
What point of view is this?:
The story is told by the protagonist or one of the characters who interacts closely with the protagonist or other characters (using pronouns I, me, we, etc).
The reader sees the story through this person's eyes as he/she experiences it and only knows what he/she knows or feels.
First Person
What is a subject?
Nouns and pronouns that take verbs
Example
Robert asked for his late work.
It was late when we got home.
Lime green is my favorite color.
What is a homograph?
Words that have the same spellings but
sound different are homographs.
Examples: wind / wind or bass / bass
What are the 4 types of conflict in a story?
Man vs Self
Man vs Man
Man vs Nature
Man vs Society
What is the figurative language technique in which
human characteristics are given to nonhuman things?
Personification
What three elements are needed to be a complete sentence?
Subject
Predicate
Object
What is a predicate?
Actions (verbs) in the sentence
Examples:
Jane cried.
He was talking.
The rain ended the baseball game.
What is this an example of?:
Their / There / They’re
Sentence: Their house; over there; they're going out.
Homophone
In a story, one character is clearly central to the story with all major events having some importance to this character. What is this character called?
Protagonist
What type of figurative language is this an example of?:
We have a ton of homework to do.
Hyperbole
What example of figurative language is this?:
A poetic device which repeats the
same beginning sound for effect.
Examples:
Sally Sells Seashells By The Sea
Shore
Alliteration
What is an object?
Nouns that do not take predicates (verbs).
Examples:
He kicked the can.
She threw the paper ball at Eric.
Charity is important to humanity.
What is this an example of?:
Wind/wind
Sentence: The wind is blowing; The baseball pitcher begins his wind up
Homograph
In a story, there is a character who opposes the protagonist. What is this character called?
Antagonist
What is an idiom?
A common phrase or expression with a figurative meaning.
Example:
This assignment is a piece of cake.
What are the five elements of a story's plot?
Exposition/Introduction
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Denouncement/Resolution