Parts of Speech
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
Sarah has a book. → ___ has a book.
What is she?
Which word means about the same as “look”? (sea/see)
What is s-e-e?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
The characters and setting are introduced here.
What is the exposition (introduction)?
This describes a noun or pronoun (e.g., happy, blue).
What is an adjective?
The boys ran fast. → ___ ran fast.
What is they?
Which word means “belonging to you”? (your/you’re)
What is y-o-u-r?
A comparison saying one thing is another.
What is a metaphor?
The problem in the story.
What is the conflict?
This shows action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
Tom and I went home. → ___ went home.
What is we?
Which word means “a period of time”? (week/weak)
What is w-e-e-k?
Giving human qualities to non-human things.
What is personification?
Events that build suspense before the climax.
What is rising action?
This word modifies a verb, often ending in -ly.
What is an adverb?
The dog wagged the dog's tail. → The dog wagged ___ tail.
What is its?
Which word means about the same “to scribe”? (right/write)
What is w-r-i-t-e?
An extreme exaggeration for effect.
What is hyperbole?
The most exciting or important moment.
What is the climax?
This small word shows relationship (in, on, under).
What is a preposition?
My friends and I saw the movie. → ___ saw the movie.
What is we?
Which word means about the same as “not permitted”? (allowed/aloud)
What is allowed?
Repetition of beginning sounds in words.
What is alliteration?
The ending where problems are solved.
What is the resolution?