Parts of Speech
What names a person, place, thing, or idea?
Noun
The author gives an animal, object, or idea of human qualities. Example: The sky roared with excitement.
Personification
What is the meaning of hydra, aqua, and aqu?
water
An exclamatory sentence ends with a/an
Exclamation Point (!)
What does the idiom a piece of cake mean?
Something was easy
Indicates an action, occurrence, or state of being.
Verb
A comparison of two unlike things in which like or as is not used.
Example: The energetic puppy is a tornado
Metaphor
What is the meaning of ology?
ology is the study of something.
Refers to the voice of the story and how it is written.
Point of View
What does the prefix "un" mean?
Not
Describes a noun or a pronoun
Adjective
An exaggeration or overstatement that is used to prove a point.
Hyperbole
What is the meaning of graph or gram?
To write, draw, describe, or record.
A solution to the problem; where the conflict is resolved.
Resolution
What is a prefix of a word?
Letters are placed at the beginning of the word to make a new word.
Takes the place of nouns or noun phrases
Pronoun
A comparison using like or as
Simile
What is the meaning of bio?
The meaning of bio is the study of life.
A topic sentence that is used to organize your ideas and prove the point in your writing.
Thesis Sentence
What is the suffix of a word?
A letter or group of letters that are added at the end of the word to change its meaning.
Describes or modifies verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs
Adverbs
An expression that holds a different meaning to its literal meaning.
Example: I'm feeling under the weather.
Idiom
What is the meaning of hosp?
Hosp means guest
A type of writing that can have lines, stanzas, and line breaks.
Poetry
A comparison between two things, typically for the purpose of explaining.
Analogies