A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.
ex: Furry puppy, slick road, glossy paint
What is an adjective?
100
The time and place of the story.
What is the setting?
100
Two words put together to make one word.
What isa compound word?
100
This mark is used to indicate a pause or change in thought. It separates words in a series. It prevents words and ideas from running together.
What is a comma?
100
A word that takes the place of a noun.
ex: Teachers are working late. They are working late.
Margaret prepared dinner. She prepared dinner.
Give the boys the equipement. Give them the equipment.
What is pronoun?
200
A word that show excitement.
ex: Whoa!! Stop!! Right now!! Help!
What is an interjection?
200
The action of the story.
What is the plot?
200
Two words put together with one or more letters left out shown by an appostrophe.
What is a contraction?
200
The punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses which are not connected with a coordinate conjunction. ex: My dad bought a robot-operated lawnmower; I was eager to see it work.
What is a semicolon?
200
A word that combines words or phrases.
ex: Steven and Martin skiied the moguls.
I didn't clean my room because I fell asleep.
Lions or tigers roam the African savannahs.
What is a conjunction?
300
A word that shows action or state of being.
ex: Henry smacked the tennis ball.
The bowling ball rolled down the lane.
state of being: Brad is the leader.
Blue birds are everywhere.
What is a verb?
300
The people - and sometimes animals - in the story.
What are the characters?
300
A word or phrase that identifies or renames a noun or pronoun. ex: Fred, my cousin, climbed the 50 foot wall.
What is an appositive?
300
These punctuation marks are used to set off the exact words of a speaker.
What are quotation marks?
300
A verb that shows something has already happend.
What is a past tense verb?
400
A word that describes or modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
ex: Janet slowly left the house.
We often eat at home.
Yesterday, I left for college.
Maxwell students are very polite.
What is an adverb?
400
The conclusion of a fictional story.
What is the denouement?
400
An adjective formed from a proper noun, and it is always capitalized.
ex: Belgium waffle
French fries
Spanish rice
What is a proper adjective?
400
The punctuation mark is used to express strong feeling. It may be placed after a word, a phrase, or a sentence.
What is an exclamation point?
400
A verb that will show what will happen.
What is future tense verb?
500
A word which shows how two words or ideas are related to each other.
ex: Toby crawled under the car.
James strolled into the dance.
Small children look for toys.
What is a preposition?
500
The introduction of characters and the setting of a story.
What is the exposition?
500
The greetings of a business letter.
What is the salutation?
500
The punctuation mark is used to show possession, to form plurals, or to show that a letter has been left out of a word.
What is an apostrophe?
500
A verb form indtoduced by the word to.
ex: To scream in class was her secret wish.
Karen wanted to fly with the birds.