parts of speech
This part of speech describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
This punctuation mark ends a question.
What is a question mark?
A comparison using like or as.
What is a simile?
The main message or lesson of a story.
What is theme?
she went to the store yesterday
What is She went to the store yesterday.
A word that shows action.
What is a verb?
Used to separate items in a list.
What is a comma?
A direct comparison without like or as.
What is a metaphor?
The struggle between opposing forces in a story.
What is conflict?
we dont have homework tonight
What is We don’t have homework tonight.
This replaces a noun in a sentence.
What is a pronoun?
Used to show dialogue in writing.
What are quotation marks?
Giving human traits to nonhuman things.
What is personification?
Clues in the text that help you understand something not directly stated.
What is inference?
my brother plays basketball he is very tall
What is My brother plays basketball, and he is very tall.
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses (and, but, or).
What is a conjunction?
This mark can join two closely related sentences without a conjunction.
What is a semicolon?
An extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
The feeling or mood a story creates.
What is mood?
where are you going asked maria
What is “Where are you going?” asked Maria.
This type of word shows the relationship between a noun and another word (in, on, under).
What is a preposition?
This punctuation shows ownership.
What is an apostrophe?
A word that imitates a sound (buzz, crash).
What is onomatopoeia?
The perspective from which a story is told (first person, third person).
What is point of view?
after the movie we went out to eat it was fun
What is After the movie, we went out to eat. It was fun.