Grammar
Whistling a tune, Coach Wright walked into the gym to start practice.
What is present participle phrase?
Any autobiographical nonfiction narrative writing based in the author’s personal memories.
What is a memoir?
A comparison of one thing as if it were another.
What is metaphor?
The part of speech that names a person, a place, a thing, or an idea.
What is a noun?
Consists of an independent clause and one or more subordinate clause.
What is complex sentence?
A struggle between a character and a force that is against the character.
What is conflict?
A comparison of two unlike things using like, as, than or resembles.
What is simile?
A small set of words (such as I, she, he, you, it, we, or they) in a language that are used as substitutes for nouns or noun phrases.
What is pronoun?
Consists of two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clause.
What is compound-complex sentence?
The struggle between a character and an outside force, such as another character, a natural disaster, and so on.
What is external conflict?
Exaggerating or stretching the truth to express a feeling or idea even though literary it is not possible.
What is hyperbole?
Refers to a person, place, thing, or idea that is not specifically identified. (Examples: all, everyone, many, nobody, somebody, someone.)
What is indefinite pronoun?
Contains a subject and a verb.
What is a simple sentence?
A character’s struggle with his or her own feelings or beliefs.
What is internal conflict?
Repetition of words with the same beginning consonant sounds.
What is alliteration?
This part of speech modifies nouns or pronouns.
What is adjective?
Starts with a past participle and modifies a noun or pronoun. (End in ed, en, d, t, n (saved, dealt)
What is past participle phrase?
A type of writing in which an author tells a true story.
Giving human characteristics to a nonhuman subject.
What is personification?
This part of speech modifies verbs, adjectives, or other adverb.
What is adverbs.