Grammar Grab Bag
This punctuation has a neutral effect.
What is a period?
the third planet from the sun is mars.
What is The and Mars?
The introduction to characters and setting. Where background information is shared.
What is exposition?
The dog left (its/it's) bone in the dog house.
What is its?
The force working against the main character in a story.
What is the antagonist?
The punctuation that belongs at the end of this dialogue, before the dialogue tag.
"I had chicken tenders for lunch __" said Carla.
What is a comma?
What is My and Tuesday?
The point of the plot where the conflict reaches its highest point of tension and excitement.
What is the climax?
Look over (there/their/they're) at her funny hat!
What is there?
This acronym helps you to remember the different methods of indirect characterization.
What is STEAL: Speech, Thoughts, Effect on others, Actions, Looks?
One of the two words that could be changed in this sentence to make the verb tense consistent:
Chris is sitting on the couch when we walked in the door.
What is walked (walk) or is (was).
i got lost looking for miss kendall's classroom.
What are I, Miss, and Kendall?
A series of plot events that create suspense, interest, and tension in the narrative.
What is the rising action?
As I wandered (through/threw/thru) the forest, the sun set behind the trees.
What is through?
This is a conflict that takes place within a character's own mind.
What is an internal conflict? (Person vs. self)
These two punctuation marks can replace a comma when finishing a line of dialogue that is followed by a dialogue tag.
What are a question mark and an exclamation point?
have you tried the new italian breadsticks at olive garden?
What are Have, Italian, Olive, and Garden?
The final part of a narrative in which the strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved.
What is the resolution?
I expect to play (alot/a lot) of video games over winter break!
What is a lot?
This is a significant statement that a story is making about a topic.
What is a theme?
This punctuation shows that the narrator doesn't know something.
What is a question mark?
Three words in this sentence that need to be capitalized:
alexa, give me directions to portland, maine.
What are Alexa, Portland, and Maine.
The episode, plot point, or event that hooks the reader into the story and pushes the protagonist into the main action of the story.
What is the inciting incident?
(Weather/Whether) or not it snows today, I'm not going to school.
What is whether?
Person vs. nature is a type of this type of conflict.
What is external conflict? Other types: person vs. person, person vs. society, person vs. technology, person vs. government.