Point of View
told from the point of view of a character/narrator (I, me, mine)
First Person
Identify the Noun:
When the store closes, the open sign is turned off.
Store
(will accept sign)
Describing word
adjective
Example of what type of figurative language:
It is as sweet as candy.
Simile
What's missing?
"I like your bike" said Greg.
Comma after bike
the narrator is NOT a part of the story
Third Person
Identify the verb:
I challenge you to study 15 minutes a day.
Challenge
(Will accept study)
Identify the adjective(s):
The enormous pile of pancakes covered in gooey syrup tilted like the tower of Pisa.
enormous, gooey
If I've told you once, I have told you a million times to be quiet!
Hyperbole
What's missing:
You are the best at making pancakes, exclaimed Sam.
Quotation marks before You and after pancakes.
narrator shares thoughts and feelings of ONE character
Limited
describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
Adverb
What is this an example of?
OUCH!
Interjection
The trees danced as the wind blew through the leaves.
Personification
What's missing?
Stephanie said "hey! I know you!"
comma after said
narrator shares thoughts and feelings of ALL characters
Omniscient
Something a conjunction does such as FANBOYS
join together phrases or clauses
He, she, it, her, them, they, we, you, I
Pronoun
The school is a petri dish of germs.
Metaphor
What's missing?
"There has to be an explanation" I replied.
Punctuation after explanation. It can be a comma or exclamation point
narrator shares only facts
Objective
words expressing relation of a noun or a pronoun to another word.
Preposition
Name that part of speech!
Above
Preposition
Her eyes are diamonds.
Metaphor
This is not a quotation rule: Identify the subject and predicate of the following sentence:
My friends and I are going to the skate park after school.
Subject: My friends and I
Predicate: are going to the skate park after school.