What's the Word? (A's)
What's the Word? (C's)
G is for Grammar!
Elements of a Story
It's a Group Effort...
100
A shortened form of a word or phrase.
What is Abbreviation
100
A relationship in which one event makes another event happen.
What is Cause and Effect
100
Beautiful, meaningless, adorable, breakable, demanding, boring, energetic.
What is Adjective
100
The individuals that the story is about.
What is Characters.
100
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is Hyperbole
200
_______ verbs are verbs that specifically describe what the subject of the sentence is doing. These types of verbs carry a great deal of information in a sentence and can convey emotion and a sense of purpose that extends beyond the literal meanings of the words.
What is Action Verbs
200
The process of creating a believable character in fiction by giving the character depth and personality.(Hint: two words...) C________ D________
What is Character Development
200
Accept, appreciate, collect, deliver, invite, judge, offer.
What is Verb.
200
The location of the action.
What is Setting.
200
An imitation of the style of a particular writer, artist, or genre with deliberate exaggeration for comic effect. (Hint: Starts with a P...) P _ _ _ _ _
What is Parody.
300
Miss Scheck's favorite restaurant for lunch is Main Street Deli. What is the punctuation mark that comes before the s in Scheck's called?
What is Apostrophe
300
Similarities and differences between two subjects. (Hint: Two words...) ________ AND ________
What is Compare and Contrast
300
Miss Scheck, Mrs. Hiatt, School, the Library, Dog, Cat, Duck
What is Noun.
300
The actual story around which the entire book is based.
What is the Plot.
300
A particular attitude or way of considering a matter. The position from which something or someone is observed.
What is Point of View.
400
To persuade, to inform, and to entertain are all types of what?
What is Author's Purpose
400
During weekly DLR review, the first way we typically "fix" the sentence is to ___________ the first word in the sentence.
What is Capitalize
400
Eww, Hmm, Oh!, Hi!, Phew, Whoa
What is Interjections.
400
When the story's action becomes most exciting, right before the resolution, it is called the _________.
What is the Climax.
400
An ______ is a word or phrase which means something different from its literal meaning.
What is Idiom.
500
A word opposite in meaning to another.
What is Antonym
500
In grammar, a _________ is a part of speech that connects words, sentences, phrases, or clauses.
What is Conjunction
500
Accidentally, badly, eagerly, happily, nervously.
What is Adverb
500
Every story has a __________ to solve, and the solution to the problem is called the ____________.
What is Conflict/Resolution.
500
The general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc.
What is Tone.
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