Identifying POS
The boy ran all the way home
What is a noun?
A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
He loves pineapples
What is present?
Our core novel for Unit 1
What is The Missing: Found
Ms. Busa's University
What is Purdue?
The princesses dress looked very beautiful under the shining lights
What is an adverb?
A comparison of two things without using like or as
What is a metaphor?
After school, Karla walked home
What is past?
A sentence written without plot or characters explaining what an author is trying to teach you in a fiction text
What is theme?
Winners of the most recent world cup
What is Argentina?
He passed the ketchup to dad
What is the direct object?
I waited a million years in the line to ride Space Mountain
What is hyperbole?
Soon, Santa will be visiting all of the good boys and girls
What is future?
What the author is trying to teach you in an informational text
What is the central idea?
Ms. Busa's Dunkin order
What is a french vanilla iced coffee with cream and sugar?
My mother has always wanted to live in a cabin by the lake.
What is a prepositional phrase?
Raindrops danced on my laptop
What is personification?
'Gavin and Julia were at the party too!' Exclaimed Jack from across the room.
What is past
One word describing something the author is discussing in their novel
What is a topic?
One of Ms Busa's favorite books, displayed on her favorite chart
What is The Great Gatsby, Heart Berries, The City of Bones, Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, American Born Chinese, or The Silence of Our Friends
What is the subject of the following sentence:
Go!
What is You?
Time flies by!
What is idiom?
I watch the Sunday night news every week
What is present?
Good readers do this, trying to get friends to read a text by giving just enough information to raise interest
What is make recommendations?
Ms. Busa's second job
What is you will never know?