Grammar
A noun
What is a person, place, or thing
The three parts of a paragraph
What is a topic sentence, supporting sentences, and a concluding sentence
Sensory details
What are descriptions that describe things by using the five senses: sight, smell, taste, touch, and sound.
Fiction
What is a story that is FAKE
Two prefixes that mean "not"
What are un- and non-
A verb
What is a word used to describe an action or a state of being
The job of the topic sentence
What is to state the main idea or the topic
Character traits
What are words that describe a character's personality or qualities that make them who they are
Nonfiction
A prefix that means "to make"
What is en-
An adjective
What is a word used to describe a noun
Job of the concluding sentence
What is to restate the main idea
Transition words
What are words and phrases that connect one idea to the next
A literary device that compares two or more things
What is a metaphor
A subject
What is who or what the sentence is about
An adverb
What is a word used to describe a verb. For 50 bonus points, what do most adverbs end with?
Main idea
What is the main important point of the text
Personal Narrative
A literary device that compares two or more things using the words like or as
What is a simile
A predicate
What is an action verb and a linking verb
The job of the supporting sentences
Chronological order
What is the order in which something happened. For 100 bonus points, describe your day so far in chronological order.
Plot
What are the main events of the story
What dialogue has around it
What is quotation marks