Parts of Speech
A _______________________ is a word used to express an action or a state of being. A ____________________may be more than one word (when it includes helping verbs or auxiliaries). This is called a _____________________phrase.
Verb
A_______________________ is a word or phrase that shows the relationship between two words, phrases, or clauses of equal rank. The relationship may give information about time, reason, agreement/disagreement, or order of events.
Conjuction
What is the definition of "Theme"
The message or lesson of the story.
What is the definition of "Topic"
One word or short phrase that describes a subject/ broad idea the story is about.
True or False: An adjective modifies a preposition.
FALSE: adjectives modify pronouns and nouns
An _______________________ is a word or phrase that is used to modify a verb, adjective, or another _______________________. Sometimes it is used to modify a conjunction, preposition, or infinitive verb. Most (but not all) end in “ly”.
Adverb
An_______________________ is a word that expresses a strong feeling or command. They have no grammatical relation to the rest of the sentence.
Interjection
True or False:
The author will directly tell the theme to the audience.
False
What is the definition of "Main Idea"
What the story is mostly about. A one-sentence summary.
True or False: An adverb can modify another adverb
True
"She walk very slowly"
"slowly" modifies the verb "walk" and "very" modifies the word "slowly by stating the extent to how slow the girl was walking.
A _______________________ is a word used to describe a thing. So, it is possible for a ______________________to express a person, place, object (living and non-living), feeling, idea, or quality.
Noun
A_______________________ is a word that shows the relationship between its object and some other word in a sentence.
Preposition
Is this a Theme, Topic, or Main Idea?
Honesty
Bonus Points for explanation
Topic
List all of the elements that should be removed from the following theme statment.
The film Grown Ups directed by Dennis Dugan suggests that Adam Sandler's character "Lenny" should enjoy the simple details in life.
Bonus points for explaination
"Adam Sandler's character "Lenny" should"
True or False: The main idea can only have either the author's name or the Title, but it cannot have both.
False: Main Idea can feature both the author's name and the title but Neither are required.
An _______________________ is a word or phrase that is used to modify a noun or pronoun.
Adjective
A _______________________ is a word that is used to take the place of a noun. They make sentences shorter and easier to say. A _______________________ is a word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse (e.g., I, you ) or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse(e.g., she, it, this ).
Pronoun
Is this a Theme, Topic, or Main Idea?
“In the novel The Hunger Games, author Suzanne Collins warns readers that entertainment can come at the cost of human suffering."
Bonus Points for explanation
Theme (statement)
List all of the elements that should be removed from the following theme statment.
In the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney, the central theme is things like mistakes and consequences are all apart of the learning process.
Bonus points for explaination
"things like" and "all"
True or False: You cannot including pronouns like he, him, she, or her, in reference to a character (named or unnamed) in a theme statement.
EX: In "The Sour Grape" by Jory John, he learned that the past does not have to define your future
True: Regardless of if the character is named, you cannot make any reference to specific details in the story.
Main Idea or Theme Statement - How do you know?
Despite his first official appearance alongside the Avengers in Captain America: Civil War, Tom Holland's Peter Parker has to learn to balance his schoolwork and prove his worth to Tony Stark.
Bonus Points for explanation
Main Idea
- one sentence
- full of specific character detials like names and plot points
- does not mention the author/ director
Main Idea or Theme Statement - How do you know?
In the story Outsiders, author S. E. Hinton warns readers that labels do not tell the full story of a person's character,
Bonus Points for explanation
Theme Statement
- Title and author's name included
- No specific story details (character names or plot points)
- universal
List all of the elements that should be removed from the following theme statment.
In the Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer, the central theme is some things must change for everything to evolve.
Bonus points for explaination
"some" "things" "must" "everything"