Parts of Speech
The word “quickly” in the sentence “She ran quickly” is this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
The central idea or lesson of a story.
What is theme?
This kind of sentence makes a statement.
What is a declarative sentence?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
The time and place where a story happens.
What is the setting?
The word that names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
Giving human qualities to something nonhuman.
What is personification?
The subject of a sentence tells this.
What is who or what the sentence is about?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
The person telling the story.
What is the narrator?
The part of speech that shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word (example: under the table).
What is a preposition?
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
Two complete sentences joined without punctuation or a conjunction is called this error.
What is a run-on sentence?
A comparison that does not use “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
The type of point of view where the narrator is a character in the story, using “I” or “we.”
What is first-person point of view?
In the sentence “The cat slept while the dog barked,” the word “while” is this type of conjunction.
What is a subordinating conjunction?
The point of highest tension or turning point in a story.
What is the climax?
The correct way to fix a run-on using a semicolon.
What is placing the semicolon between two related independent clauses?
A phrase whose meaning cannot be understood from the literal words (example: “It’s raining cats and dogs”).
What is an idiom?
The process of making an educated guess based on evidence and reasoning.
What is inferring?
The part of speech that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb, often ending in “-ly” but not always.
What is an adverb?
A reference to another work of literature, history, or culture within a story.
What is allusion?
A dependent clause must be attached to this to form a complete sentence.
What is an independent clause?
When an author hints at future events in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
The sequence of events that make up a story.
What is the plot?