Elements of Literature 1
Elements of Literature 2
Grammar Definitions 1
Grammar Definitions 2
What part of speech?
100
The events in a story
What is plot?
100
The narrator is a character in the story
What is 1st person?
100
A person, place, thing, or idea
What are nouns?
100
One word exclamations, like WOW!
What is interjection?
100
What part of speech is the capitalized word? The excited crowd CHEERED loudly at the end of the game.
What is a verb?
200
The turning point that changes the outcome of the story
What is climax?
200
The narrator is NOT a character in the story
What is 3rd person?
200
Connecting words like and, but, or, so, nor, for
What are conjunctions?
200
Examples include Am, Is, Are, Was, and Were
What are verbs (or linking verbs)?
200
What part of speech is the capitalized word? MOLLY felt nervous before the test.
What is a noun?
300
The problem in the story
What is conflict?
300
The central message of a story.
What is theme?
300
Expresses an action, a condition, or a state of being
What are verbs?
300
A word that replaces or takes the place of a noun
What are pronouns?
300
What part of speech is the capitalized word? This is a good review for YOU.
What is a pronoun?
400
The kind of conflict occurs when there is a struggle between a character and nature
What is external conflict?
400
The author specifically states or describes information about the character in this type of characterization.
What is direct characterization?
400
A word that modifies nouns and pronouns
What are adjectives?
400
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb
What are adverbs?
400
What part of speech is the capitalized word? Ashley looks EXTREMELY serious.
What is an adverb?
500
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
500
The author uses the words and actions to describe a character in this type of characterization.
What is indirect characterization?
500
This part of speech includes the articles a, an, the
What are adjectives?
500
A word that connects and shows a relationship between a noun or pronoun and the rest of the sentence
What are prepositions?
500
What part of speech is the capitalized word? In the morning, many presents were UNDER the tree.
What is a preposition?
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