Parts of Speech
A person, place or thing
What is a noun?
They fought like cats and dogs.
What is a simile?
These are examples of common punctuation. (Correctly identify at least 3)
What are periods, commas, question marks, exclamation points, quotation marks.
A type of writing to sway you to the author's point of view.
What is persuasive?
This is the first paragraph of an essay called, which grabs the reader’s attention and introduces the topic.
What is the introduction?
A word that shows action.
What is a verb?
She had a heart of gold.
What is a metaphor?
This punctuation mark is used to show possession or to form contractions.
What is the apostrophe?
Type of writing that tells story.
What is narrative writing?
This is the sentence at the end of the introduction that clearly states the main point or claim of the essay.
What is the thesis statement?
A word that modifies a verb.
What is an adverb?
The tree danced in the wind all night.
What is personification?
This punctuation should be used to separate items in a list.
What is the comma?
This type of writing presents a clear claim, supports it with evidence and reasoning, and addresses opposing viewpoints to persuade the reader.
What is argumentative?
This is the sentence at the beginning of a body paragraph that tells the reader what the paragraph will be about.
What is the topic sentence?
A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
I learned to ride a bike about a million years ago.
What is hyperbole?
If you have two complete sentences combined without proper punctuation (a period or a comma), you have a _________.
What is a run-on sentence?
A written account of someone's life written by someone else.
What is a biography?
This is a type of sentence that helps move smoothly from one idea or paragraph to another in an essay?
What is a transition sentence?
A word that joins two or more words or phrases.
What is an conjunction?
It is raining cats and dogs!
What is an idiom?
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses without using a conjunction?
What is the semicolon?
A type of writing in which an author tells a story about a significant event in their own lives.
What is a memoir?
This is the final paragraph in an essay that restates the thesis and wraps up the main ideas?
What is the conclusion?