Famous First Lines
"Marley was dead, to begin with."
What is A Christmas Carol?
A person, place, or thing
What is a noun?
The word after which comes a comma in the following sentence:
The puppy chased the fuzzy ball and he brought it back to his owner.
What is "ball"?
The people in the story
What are characters?
"It was a pleasure to burn."
What is Fahrenheit 451?
"Two households, both alike in dignity,
In fair Verona, where we lay our scene."
What is Romeo and Juliet?
An action
What is a predicate verb?
The word after which comes a comma in the following sentence:
Before the big game the coach gave his team a pep talk.
What is "game"?
The things that happen in a story
What is plot?
"The sun did not shine, it was too wet to play, so we sat in the house all that cold, cold wet day."
What is The Cat in the Hat?
"In a hole in the ground, there lived a hobbit."
What is The Hobbit?
A word that modifies a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective?
The words after which come commas in the following sentence:
Wishbone a jack russell terrier tells stories.
What is "Wishbone" and "terrier"?
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view?
"Where's Papa going with that ax?" said Fern to her mother as they were setting the table for breakfast.
What is Charlotte's Web?
"Mr. and Mrs. Dursley of number four, Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much."
What is Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone?
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb
What is an adverb?
The words after which come commas in the following sentence:
Taft who was once President served as the Supreme Court Chief Justice.
What are "Taft" and "President"?
The message, subject, or moral of a story
What is theme?
"Once there were four children whose names were Peter, Susan, Edmund, and Lucy."
What is The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?
"One sunny Sunday, the caterpillar was hatched out of his egg. He was very hungry."
What is The Very Hungry Caterpillar?
A word or phrase that expresses a strong emotion
What is an interjection?
The words after which come commas in the following sentence:
My brother found a ball a Cheeto and a spider under the sofa.
What are "ball" and "Cheeto"?
The feeling of a story
What is tone?
"All children grow up, except one."
What is Peter Pan?