a person, place, idea, concept, or thing
ex. girl, boy, car
What is a noun?
100
shows action or state of being
ex. The bell RANG. The boy IS here.
What is a verb?
100
a group of words having a subject and a verb
The baby is crying.
What is a clause?
100
what happens in the story; the series of events in the story
What is the plot?
100
A comparison between two unlike things that have something in common, uses like or as
ex. as hungry as a bear
What is a simile?
200
takes the place of a noun
ex. I, me, he , him, she her, you
What is a pronoun?
200
tells us who or what about the verb
The BELL rang. The BOY is here.
What is the subject?
200
two independent clauses joined by a conjuction
ex. Paul completed his homework, and cleaned his room.
What is a compound sentence?
200
the main messege of the book or story
What is the theme?
200
Compares two unlike things that have something in common, does not use like or as
ex. That baby is an angel.
What is a metaphor?
300
describe or modifiy a noun or pronoun
ex. BEAUTIFUL girl, the TIRED boy
What is an adjective?
300
receives the action performed by the subject, always an action verb, answers the question whom or what
ex. The car hit the TREE.
(TREE answers the question)
What is the direct object?
300
has a subject and a verb, an it can stand alone as a sentence
What is dependent clause?
300
the author's attitude, stated or implied, toward a subject
ex. optimism, earnestness, serousness, bitterness
What is the tone?
300
when an author gives an idea, object, or animal qualities or traits of a person
What is personification?
400
describe or modify verbs, adjectives, or adverbs
ex. solidly, immediately, often
What is an adverb?
400
It tells to whom or for whom something is done, always comes between the verb and the direct object
ex. She gave ME a gift.
What is an indirect object?
400
an independent clause with one or more dependent clauses
ex. Before I went to school, I ate a big breakfast.
What is a complex sentence?
400
when the problem is outside of the character
ex. character vs. character
character vs. nature
character vs. society
What is an external conflict?
400
the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables
ex. Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
What is alliteration?
500
above, across, about after, against, amoung, around
What are prepositions?
500
follows a linking verb and describes the subject
ex. Mr. Johnson is NICE.
What is a predicate adjective?
500
two independent clauses joined with a conjuction and at least one dependent clause
ex. Before I went to school, I ate breakfast, and I finished my homework.
What is a compound-complex sentence?
500
the way the author tells the story
ex. first-person, third-person
What is narration?
500
an expression with a meaning that cannot be guessed from the meanings of the individual words
ex. It's raining cats and dogs.