Grammar
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea
What is a noun
She smelled a pleasent aroma.
What does aroma mean?
Scent, smell, etc.
The answer is on the tip of my tongue.
What is an idiom
What is an Antonym.
A comparison of two things using like or as.
What is a metaphor.
Past tense form of run
What is ran
The soldier or obeyed the colonel.
What does colonel mean
What is a person in comand in the military.
He is as hungry as a horse.
This is what type of comparison (like or as)
What is a simile.
When you rewrite a short version of a story.
What is summarizing.
This part of speech modifies an adjective or a verb by adding a -ly.
Adverb
The past tense idea of eating
What is ate
The yard had lots of weeds and overgrown flowers, but trees were sparse.
What does sparse mean?
What is few or not many
An extreme exaggeration.
What is a hyperbole.
What is a one to two sentence summary about the main claim of an essay.
What is a thesis statement.
What is the biggest part, or turning point, in a story?
What is climax.
This punctuation mark separates two ideas combing them
What is a semicolon
Our principal is very strict, unlike our old principal who was very lax.
What does lax mean?
What is lenient or not strict.
When you write a word the way it sounds. (bang, buzz, pop.)
What is an onomatopoeia.
We need hard evidence before we make the decision
(what word is the adjective)
What is hard
A punctuation mark used to separate words, or indicate a soft pause.
What is a comma.
Sarah went to the store because SHE needed milk.
What does "she" represent
What is an antecedent.
The old man ambled down the path slowly with his dog.
What does ambled mean.
Using the same sound repeatedly in a sentence.
(Sally sold seashells by the sea shore.)
What is alliteration.
What is it when you add letters to a root word to create a new word?
Ex. quick= quickly, happy=unhappy.
What are Prefixes/Suffixes
What is a point of view where the narrator knows all the characters feelings and thoughts.
What is 3rd person omniscient.