You do this at the beginning of sentences, the beginning of direct quote, proper nouns, and the pronoun, "I".
What is CAPITALIZATION?
100
A conversation between two or more people. An example of this is: Mrs. Moore greeted her students with, "What up my homies?" The students replied in unison, "THE CEILING!"
What is DIALOGUE?
100
A word or picture that represents something.
What is a SYMBOL?
100
When you have to double the last letter of a word before adding a vowel suffix.
What is DOUBLING CONSONANTS?
200
Making an educated guess based on clues in the text.
What is an INFERENCE?
200
This connects two words or shows possession. Examples: you + are = you're.
What is an APOSTROPHE?
200
These describe how the actors feel and move around the stage. They are usually italicized.
What are STAGE DIRECTIONS?
200
Captures the most important details of a story.
What is a SUMMARY?
200
These combine two independent clauses. Examples include:
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, and so.
What are COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS?
300
The main character of a story.
What is a PROTAGONIST?
300
When writing sentences, singular subjects need singular verbs and plural subjects need plural verbs.
Examples:
Miss Rachel is awesome.
The English I teachers are amazing!
What is SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT.
300
When a character tells us how they are feeling in the form of a speech
What is a MONOLOGUE?
300
The big idea of a story; a lesson or moral.
What is THEME?
300
When you combine a dependent clause and an independent clause with a subordinating conjunction.
What is a COMPLEX SENTENCE?
400
Whenever you describe something by comparing it with something else. Examples of this include: hyperboles, similes, metaphors, and personification.
What is FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE?
400
Words that are used to show position, relationship, location, and time.
What are PREPOSITIONS?
400
A problem. Catagories include: Man vs. Man, Man vs. Self, Man vs. Nature, and Man vs. Society.
What is CONFLICT?
400
The author's or speaker's attitude.
What is TONE?
400
Words that combine dependent and independent clauses. Examples: After, although, as, when, while, until, because, before, if, so, since.
What are SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS.
500
Clues to let us know what time period a story took place in.
What is HISTORICAL CONTEXT
500
When you combine two independent clauses using a coordinating conjuction.
What are COMPOUND SENTENCES?
500
When the audience knows something that the characters do not. An example is when you are watching a scary movie; you know the bad guy is in the basement but the girl does not and is walking down the stairs. DUN DUN DUN!
What is DRAMATIC IRONY?
500
How an article is organized.
What is ORGANIZATIONAL/TEXT STRUCTURES?
500
A preposition and its object.
Example: The coat, (on the chair), is mine.