Grammar: Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, and Beyond
Grammar: Subjects, Predicates, and Beyond
Parts of the Essay
Parts of a Paragraph
Literary Terms
100
A noun or pronoun that receives the action directly from an action verb.
What is the direct object?
100
The part of the sentence about which something is being said.
What is the subject?
100
The part of the essay that identifies the writer, the teacher, the class, and the date.
What is the heading?
100
The first sentence of the paragraph that states the main idea.
What is the topic sentence?
100
A story's time and place.
What is the setting?
200
A noun or pronoun that comes between a verb and a direct object, receiving action indirectly.
What is an indirect object?
200
The part of the sentence that says something about the subject.
What is the predicate?
200
One of the three middle paragraphs, containing a topic sentences, examples, explanations, and transitions.
What is a body paragraph?
200
A sentence that provides a specific example that supports the topic sentence.
What is an example sentence?
200
The main character of the story.
What is the protagonist?
300
A verb that shows action or "doing."
What is an action verb?
300
List the complete subject in this sentence: The red-haired woman is standing over there.
What is "The red-haired woman"?
300
The first paragraph of the essay, which gets the reader's attention and identifies the main idea.
What is the introduction?
300
A sentence that adds detail and information to the example.
What is an explanation sentence?
300
Events that take place in the story.
What is the plot?
400
A noun or pronoun in the predicate of the sentence that follows a linking verb and identifies or renames the subject.
*Hint: Mrs. Neuhart is a teacher. (Teacher would be an example of this term)
What is a predicate nominative?
400
Please state the complete predicate in this sentence: The woman is crying over her spilled milk.
What is "...is crying over her spilled milk"?
400
The sentence that gives the main idea of the essay and comes at the end of the first paragraph.
What is the thesis statement?
400
A sentence that concludes the paragraph by restating the main idea.
What is the summary sentence?
400
The main idea of a piece of literature.
What is the theme?
500
An adjective in the predicate of a sentence that follows a linking verb and describes the subject.
*Hint: We were happy. ("happy" is an example of this term)
What is a predicate adjective?
500
A verb that links or shows state of being.
What is the linking verb?
500
The first line of the first paragraph of the essay, designed to catch the reader's attention.
What is the lead?
500
A word or phrase that moves the reader smoothly from one topic to the next.