Grammar Definitions
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea
What is a noun?
A word that shows an action, an event, or a state of being.
What is a verb?
A comparison of two unlike things using like or as.
What is a simile?
The character telling the story.
What is the protagonist?
Every sentence should start with a _______ and end with _______________.
What is a capital letter and punctuation?
A specific person, place, thing, or idea. **It starts with a capital letter.**
What is a proper noun?
A word that takes the place of a noun.
What is a pronoun?
Giving human-like characteristics to something that is not a human.
What is personification?
Where and when the story takes place.
What is the setting?
All proper nouns should start with a _____________.
What is a capital letter?
A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses together in a sentence (i.e. and, but, & or).
What is a conjunction?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
The sequence of events the story follows including the exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution.
What is the plot?
To show someone is talking in s tory, writers use_________.
What are quotation marks?
A word that describes a verb.
What is an adverb?
A words that tells you where, when, or in what direction something happens.
What is a preposition?
Words that sound like they are written (i.e. buzz).
What is onomatopeia?
The main problem or struggle of the story.
What is the conflict?
Before writing a final draft, all writers should follow these steps.
What is brainstorm, outline, and rough draft?
A word or short phrase that shows strong feelings such as joy, pain, or surprise (i.e. Ouch!)
What is an interjection?
The words a, an, and the belong to this special type of adjectives.
What are articles?
Using sensory words to help paint the picture for the reader.
What is imagery?
The central idea, lesson, or message behind the story.
What is the theme?
Before submitting a final draft, all writers should do this final step.
What is proofread, edit and revise, and/or check checklist and rubrics?