Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, idea, or quality.
What is a noun?
The person who writes the story and the person who draws the pictures.
Who is the author and the illustrator?
This sentence ends with a question mark.
What is an interrogative or asking sentence?
The crop that gives the most food to humans and animals in the United States is corn. Most of the corn grown is used as animal feed. The farmers of the United States produce about one-half of all the corn grown in the world. What is the main idea? a. Corn is grown as feed for humans and animals. b. Corn is grown all over the world. c. Corn is important as it is used for many things.
a. Corn is grown as feed for humans and animals.
The author's purpose for writing non-fiction could be to explain, describe, _________, or ________.
What is to persuade or inform?
A word that describes an action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
This punctuation mark ends a declarative sentence.
What is a period or full-stop?
One of the most welcome sights in the desert is the cactus. The cactus is a plant that can store large amounts of water. It has a thick, tough skin to keep the water in. There are many kinds of cacti. Some grow as tall as 50 feet. What is the main idea? a. The cactus grows in most parts of the world. b. The cactus is a beautiful-looking plant. c. The cactus is designed for storing water.
c. The cactus is designed to store water.
The author's purpose of a non-fiction text can never be to_____________.
What is entertain?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
There are about 2,000 kinds of bats. They come in many sizes. bats are rather strange-looking animals. They are soft and furry with large ears. Bats can not run or walk. They usually eat insects. Bats are the only mammals that fly. What is the main idea? a. Bats are unusual mammals. b. Bats move by running and flying. c. Bats look like many other animals.
a. Bats are unusual mammals.
The author's purpose of an advertisement about the best features of an iPad includes words like you should and best.
What is to pursuade?
A word that usually describes a verb. It tells how something is done. It may also tell you when or where something happened.
What is an adverb?
The series of events that happen in the story.
What is a plot?
These sentences use the same punctuation mark.
What are statement and command sentences?
Cats are popular house pets. Cats come in a variety of colors. Some cats have long hair and some have short hair. Some cats have no tails. Cats can have eyes of many different colors. A cat can be a solid color, more than one color, or striped. What is the main idea? a. Cats make the best house pet. b. Cats are very similar. c. There is much variety in the cat family.
c. There is much variety in the cat family.
The author's purpose for writing fiction.
What is to entertain?
A word used instead of a noun to avoid repeating the noun.
What is a pronoun?
The end of the story where you learn what happens to the characters after the conflict is resolved.
What is a resolution?
These punctuation marks are used at the end of sentences.
What is a full stop, question mark, and exclamation mark?
Chocolate is a popular food. Today we think of it mainly as a candy. Years ago, it started as a drink. All chocolate is made from the beans of the cacao tree. There are many steps to follow in turning cacao beans into the kind of chocolate we eat. What is the main idea? a. Making chocolate is a long process. b. Chocolate is high in vitamins. c. Chocolate has few uses.
a. Making chocolate is a long process.
This is the author's purpose of a newspaper article about the dangers of playing video games all day is _______________.
What is to inform?