A Part of Speech
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
What two words does the contraction we'll make up?
We will
The main character of a story
What is the protagonist?
A comparison using "like" or "as".
This is made up by a minimum of 5 sentences.
What is a paragraph?
he, she, you, me, I, we, us, this, them are all examples of this
What is a pronoun?
What kind of punctuation do you use when you are saying something exciting?
Exclamation point
Overall message, the moral of a story, a life lesson
What is theme?
A figure of speech that, for rhetorical effect, directly refers to one thing by mentioning another
What is a metaphor?
It is important to use a variety of these to prevent our writing from sounding boring.
What are sentence types?
A word used to describe an action, state, or an occurrence.
What is an adjective?
Correct this sentence:
does anyone now were my coffee is
Does anyone know where my coffee is?
The type of Point of View used when the narrator is part of the story
What is First Person?
A purposeful exaggeration such as "I have a million things to do."
What is hyperbole?
The first sentence of a paragraph, that introduces the main idea.
What is a topic sentence?
in, at, on, of, to, by, are all examples of this
What is a preposition?
Correct the sentence:
He shouted i am afriad of spiders
He shouted, "I am afraid of spiders!"
The most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text
What is the main idea?
'Rachel ran right until she realized she was running the wrong way." is an example of this.
What is alliteration?
Ideally, a paragraph will focus on one of these.
What is a main idea?
Three examples of adverbs
Answers will vary (Quickly, happily, hungrily, yesterday, etc.)
Correct this:
can we go to the beech on saturday then we could build a sandcastle and play in the waves
Can we go to the beach on Saturday? Then we could build a sandcastle, and play in the waves.
A series of events that create suspense and interest in a story.
What is the rising action?
"The avalanche devoured anything in its path." uses this figurative language technique.
What is personification?
Arguably the most important step in writing. Done by re-reading our work, ensuring ideas are clear, re-arranging, adding, or removing paragraphs/sentences/words.
What is revision?