Rules of Basketball
The number of players on the court at the same time during a regulation basketball game.
10
This type of conjunction joins words, phrases, or independent clauses.
Coordinating Conjunction
This is the main character in a story, the one whose journey or problem the reader follows.
Protagonist
Anthrop
Human/person
The largest ocean on earth.
Pacific Ocean
This violation happens when a player takes steps without dribbling the ball.
Travelling
In the sentence, "I wanted to play outside, but it started raining," this word is the conjunction.
But
Time and place in which a story takes place.
Setting
Chron
Time
This imaginary line divides Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
Equator
A player commits this violation by dribbling, stopping and then dribbling again.
Double Dribble
In the sentence, "You can have either pizza or tacos," these two words work together as a pair of conjunctions.
Either, Or
Struggle between opposing forces that drives the plot.
Conflict
Rule or Power
Crat
This is the largest continent in the world.
Asia
A free throw is worth this many points.
One
In the sentence, "Although she was tired, Maria finished her homework," this word introduces the dependent clause.
Although
When an author gives human qualities to something nonhuman, such as saying "the wind whispered," this literary device is used.
Personification
Earth
Geo
The Capital of the United States.
Washington D.C.
This violation occurs when a player on offense stays in the opponent's lane for too long.
Three-second violation
My English teacher is from this state.
Louisiana
This is the central message or lesson the author wants readers to understand. For example, a story might teach that honesty is important.
Theme
Sun
Helio
Longest river in South American and it flows through the world's largest rainforest.
Amazon