Parts of a Story
What word describes the place in which a story happens?
A comparison using "like" or "as"
Simile
"Spill the tea!" is an example of an...
Idiom
"He played basketball" can be changed to "Steve played basketball" this is an example using a...
At the beginning of a sentence, for a person's name, a state or country, or in the title of a book you must start the words with....
A capital letter.
What do we call the main problem in a story?
conflict
A way of describing someone or something by showing their similarity with something else
Metaphor
"The book's pages lie open ready to tell a tale. It yearned to share its story but for now wallowed in neglect."
Personification
A word that is used to describe a noun is an...
adjective
The end of a sentence could have a period, exclamation point, or this...
A question mark
?
The main character is called....
protagonist
the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words
Alliteration
Imagery
Slowly, quietly, correctly, happily are all...
Adverbs
What grammatical notation is used..
1) to form possessive nouns
2) to show the omission of letters
3) to indicate plurals of letters, numbers, and symbols.
What grammatical notation is used..
Apostrophe
A person who actively opposes or is hostile to someone or something; an adversary.
Antagonist
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle ).
Onomatopoeia
"Fine, fresh, fierce, we've got it on lock" is an example of...
Alliteration
How many nouns are in the sentence:
Grant and James took a trip to Cambodia last year.
5
Grant and James took a trip to Cambodia last year.
Save a life by using a comma. Rewrite this sentence.
"It's time to eat Larry."
"It's time to eat, Larry"
Don't eat people, use a comma!
What do we call the main events in a story?
The Plot
an advance sign or warning of what is to come in the future
Foreshadowing
"The lunch period is half a second" is an example of...
Hyperbole
In, around, on, below, behind, between, beside, on top of, at, and underneath are all examples of...
Prepositions
How many errors are in the sentence? What is the corrected sentence?
kates favorite food's are Nachos Sushi and Curry?
There are 9 errors.
Kate's favorite foods are nachos, sushi, and curry.