Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a Noun?
A group of words that has a subject and a verb and can stand alone.
What is an Independent clause
The author’s attitude toward the subject (e.g., sarcastic, serious).
What is Tone?
The first sentence of a body paragraph that states your main point.
What is Claim?
A specific person, place, or thing that must be capitalized.
What is a Proper noun?
A word that describes or modifies a noun.
What is an Adjective?
A group of words that has a subject and verb but cannot stand alone.
What is a Dependent clause?
The atmosphere or "feeling" the reader gets from a text.
What is Mood?
The "E" in CEAL; specific facts or quotes from the text.
What is Evidence?
A word used to connect clauses or sentences (like and, but, or).
What is a Conjunction?
An action word or a state of being.
What is a Verb?
Identify the Independent Clause: "While the teacher was talking, the students took notes."
"...the students took notes."
The universal message or "lesson" about life in a story.
What is Theme?
The part where you explain how your quote proves your point.
What is Analysis?
This part of speech shows the relationship (space or time) between words.
What is a Preposition?
A word that describes or modifies a verb (often ends in -ly).
What is an Adverb?
A sentence made of two independent clauses joined by a comma and a conjunction.
What is a Compound sentence?
Unlike a "topic," this must be expressed as a full statement.
What is Theme?
The final sentence that connects your paragraph back to the thesis.
What is Link?
Identify the Adjective: "The exhausted students finished the final."
Exhausted
A word that shows position, placement, movement, or time.
What is a Preposition?
Identify the error: "I studied all night, I feel very prepared for the test."
Missing a conjunction after the comma.
If a story feels "gloomy" or "eerie," you are describing this.
What is Mood?
This part of CEAL is often called "explanation," "commentary," or "interpretation."
What is Analysis?
The acronym for conjunctions.
What is FANBOYS?