Grammar
A word that names something.
A noun
The hero or main character of the story.
Protagonist
A paragraph that tells a story about a person or place.
A narrative paragraph
Which character fought a mountain lion?
Theras
Dignified, lofty
Stately
A, an, and the
The type of character who changes during a story.
Dynamic character
A paragraph that creates a verbal picture.
A descriptive paragraph
Which character sees his own death?
Ebenezer Scrooge
A parade
procession
A group of words that function as a single part of speech but DO NOT contain a subject or a predicate.
Phrase
Giving hints and clues as to something that will come later in the story.
Foreshadowing
This type of sentence provides the details about the topic of a paragraph.
Supporting sentence.
Which character trusted a marauder with a missing appendage?
Jim
Reverence
Veneration
A group of words that contain an subject and a predicate and cannot stand alone as a sentence.
A subordinate clause
A long, narrative poem that tells the adventures and deeds of a hero.
Epic
A topic sentence
Which character is overcome by fear?
Leah
A verb that usually ends in -ing and functions as a noun.
A gerund
A phrase that means something different than the words literally mean.
An idiom
This type of sentence builds a bridge from one topic to another by connecting the two with a similar thought or idea.
Transition sentence
Who stole boots from a family member?
Point of high land jutting out into the sea
Promontory