Vocabulary
What is a noun?
A word used to identify a person, place, or thing
What is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or even a whole sentence. These words often end in -ly
Adverb
What is second person point of view
When the reader is part of the story; the narrator describes the reader's actions, thoughts, and background using "you"
What is an example of a noun
Michelle Obama, Restaurant, Ball
What is the difference between conjunctions and transitional words
Conjunctions connect words or phrases, whereas transitions connect two sentences or paragraphs
If you remove a transitional word, it will not affect the grammar of the writing
What is a pronoun?
A word used to substitute a noun
What is a word that describes what the subject of a sentence is doing; shows action, occurrence, or state of being
Verb
What is it called when the narrator exists outside the events of the story, and relates the actions of characters by referring to their names using pronouns
Third Person point of view
What is an example of a pronoun
She, her, he, it
What is an example of an adverb
Badly, very, too
What is a preposition?
A word or group of words used before a noun to show direction, time, place, location, spatial relationships, or to introduce an object.
What are words that are used to link words, phrases, or sentences to help the reader progress from one idea to the next idea?
Transition Words
What is third person omniscient
Writing from the perspective of a narrator, hovering outside of the story; the narrator knows everything, but the characters do not
What is an example of a preposition
in, at, on, of, to
What is an example of a conjuction
FANBOY, whereas
What is an article?
Determiners or noun markers that function to specify if the noun is general or specific in its reference
Words that are used to connect clauses, phrases, or words
Conjunctions
Third person objective
The narrator reports the events that take place without knowing the motivations or thoughts of any of the characters. We know little about what drives them until we hear them speak or observe their actions.
What is an example of an article
The, a, an
What are some transition words
Also, in addition, moreover
What is an adjective?
Words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns
What is the point of view in which the narrator recounts events from their own perspective?
First person point of view
What is an example of an adjective
Beautiful, smart