Grammar
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This part of speech names a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
This is where and when a story takes place.
What is the setting?
This is Ms. Cicero's favorite color.
What is purple?
When the author is trying to convince the reader to do or believe something
What is to persuade?
This type of figurative language uses the words “like” or “as” to compare two things.
What is a simile?
This part of speech describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
The people, animals, or creatures in a story are called these.
What are the characters?
This is Ms. Cicero's birthday.
When the author just wants the reader to enjoy the story
What is to entertain?
This compares two things by saying one is the other — it does not use “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
Choose the correct conjunction:
I wanted to play outside, ___ it started to rain.
What is but?
This is the problem the characters face in the story.
What is the conflict?
When Ms. Cicero gets extra money, she buys these
What are books?
This type of writing gives facts or teaches something new.
What is to inform or informative writing/text?
This is Ms. Cicero's favorite figurative language word.
What is onomatopoeia?
This type of sentence shows excitement and ends with an exclamation mark.
What is an exclamatory sentence?
This part of the story shows how the problem is solved.
What is the resolution?
This is Ms. Cicero's favorite thing to do in class
What is eat?
The author writes a story about a talking dog who becomes a superhero. What is the author’s purpose?
What is to entertain?
Which type of figurative language is this?
"I told you a million times to clean your room!"
What is a hyperbole?
This part of speech describes a verb.
What is an adverb?
This is the message or lesson the author wants you to learn.
What is the theme?
This is Ms. Cicero's favorite place to shop
What is Amazon?
The author writes a commercial that says, “Buy this toothpaste for a brighter smile!” What is the author’s purpose?
What is to persuade?
This type of figurative language is a saying that doesn’t mean exactly what it says. Example: “He has butterflies in his stomach.”
What is an idiom?