Parts of Speech
The part of speech that refers to a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
The punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence to indicate a complete stop.
What is a period?
The things that happen in a story, including a beginning, a middle, and an ending
What is plot?
An artistic type of writing with fewer rules where words are organized into lines and stanzas.
What is poetry?
A figure of speech where two things are compared using the words “like” or “as”
What is a simile?
The part of speech that shows actions or states of being.
What is a verb?
The punctuation mark used to separate parts of a sentence, indicating a short pause.
What is a comma?
The life lesson the author wants the reader to learn or remember
What is theme?
A category of stories or texts that are similar in style or content
What is genre?
A figure of speech where two things are compared without using the words “like” or “as” or where one person or thing is used to represent something else
What is a metaphor?
The part of speech that describes nouns or pronouns.
What is an adjective?
The punctuation mark used at the end of a sentence to indicate a question.
What is a question mark?
A paraphrased retelling of the main idea and/or plot of a text.
What is a summary?
The text structure where things are written about in the order they happened, also called time order
What is chronological order?
A figure of speech where a writer or speaker intentionally and obviously exaggerates that should not be taken literally
The part of speech that describes verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
What is an adverb?
The punctuation marks that surround a group of words to denote speech or a quotation.
What are quotation marks?
The author’s plan to either share information with the reader, entertain the reader, or persuade the reader to think or do something
What is author's purpose?
The text structure showing the relationship between two things or events where one item or event is the reason and the other is the result
What is cause and effect?
A figure of speech where an object or abstract idea is given human qualities or traits by a writer or speaker
What is personification?
The part of speech that can replace proper nouns.
What is a pronoun?
The punctuation mark used to indicate possession or the removal of letters in a contraction.
What is an apostrophe?
Information that is not stated directly in a text, but is instead guessed at by readers based on evidence in the text.
What is an inference?
The account of an event or events written by someone who was actually there
What is a firsthand account?
A figure of speech that is commonly used and understood by most people in a given culture.
What is an idiom?