Part of Speech
The part of speech that describes a noun or a pronoun.
What is an adjective?
The punctuation mark used to show possession, as in "the dog's bone."
What is an apostrophe?
The introductory sentence that states the main topic.
What is the topic sentence?
A comparison between two unlike items using "like" or "as."
The perspective from which a story is told.
What is point of view?
The correct verb tense for "She ________ to the store yesterday."
What is went?
The two punctuation marks needed to enclose a direct quote.
What are quotation marks?
The term for the emotional atmosphere or feeling created in a piece of writing.
What is mood?
The use of an object or idea to represent something else.
What is a symbol?
The series of events and actions in a story that lead from the beginning to the end.
What is plot?
The type of pronoun used in the following sentence: "The book is mine."
What is possessive pronoun?
The rule for using commas in a list of three or more items.
What is a serial comma? Or what is an Oxford comma?
A sentence that lacks either a subject or a verb and cannot stand alone.
What is a sentence fragment?
Giving human qualities or actions to inanimate objects or animals.
What is personification?
The struggle or problem a character faces in a story.
What is conflict?
The sentence part that answers "to whom?" or "for what?"
What is an indirect object?
The correct way to write the date.
What is month day, year?
The logical and orderly flow of ideas in a paragraph or essay.
What is coherence?
What is a hyperbole?
The part of the plot that builds suspense and introduces the conflict after the exposition.
What is rising action?
The error in the sentence: "He don't like to swim."
What is subject-verb agreement?
The error in the sentence: "I went to the store and I bought some milk and I got some bread."
What is a run-on sentence?
The specific details, facts or examples used to support a claim or main idea.
What is evidence? or What are supporting details?
The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a series. For example: The kind king flew his kite on Kadnor Island.
What is alliteration?
A writer's unique style, including their word choice, sentence structure, and use of figurative language.
What is voice?