Language and Grammar
A series of three dots that indicates something has been left out.
What is an ellipse?
The logical sequence of events that develops a story
What is the plot?
Person, place or thing
What is a noun?
A poem that includes at least one of rhyme, figurative language, meter, feet, stanza, rhythm or refrain.
What is a traditional poem?
A terrifying man with razor eyes.
What is a piercing and harsh quality?
Rewrite: We were cautioned by the 8th grade World History teacher Mrs. Petersen not to run in the halls.
What is: We were cautioned by ... Mrs. Petersen not to run in the halls.
A person who tells the story
Who is the narrator?
A word that takes the place of a noun
What is a pronoun?
A poem with no traditional elements
What is a free form poem?
The remains of the Frank family are in Amsterdam.
What is the dead family members?
Rewrite: The parade had clowns, floats and a brass band which wore blue uniforms
What is: The parade had clowns, floats and a brass band . . . .
An issue in a narrative around which the whole story revolves
What is the conflict?
This part of speech modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
AABB is an example of what?
What is a rhyme scheme?
The connotation of flinging something into the river.
What is tossing?
Rewrite: He couldn’t run fast enough, although he tried with all his might, to catch the carriage as it traveled down the road.
What is: He couldn’t run fast enough... to catch the carriage as it traveled down the road.
The main character of story, novel or a play
Who is the protagonist?
This part of speech can be an action of the sentence, or can be used to help describe the subject.
What is a verb?
Poetry is divided into several sections called what?
What are stanzas?
Personal and private information about one's own life that includes a dated entry.
What is a diary?
Rewrite: The guests who visited the school on Thursday afternoon were impressed by the library.
What is: The guests . . . were impressed by the library.
A person, animal, being, creature, or thing in a story
Who are the characters?
Describes how the action is performed, or modifies an adjective by showing time, manner, place or degree.
What is an adverb?
The use of words that are not literal that can be used to explain, define, expand or compare meaning.
What is figurative language?
Using text evidence to understand what happened in the text, without the author giving you the actual information.
What is making inference?