Adjectives
What part of speech describes a noun or pronoun?
adjective
What do comparative adjectives do?
What is comparing two people, places, things, or ideas?
What do superlative adjectives compare?
What is three or more people, places, things, or ideas?
What is the first sentence or opening of an essay that grabs the reader's attention?
What is a hook?
What is the last paragraph of an essay called?
What is the conclusion?
Identify the adjective: The small dog barked loudly.
What is small?
What is the comparative form of tall?
What is taller?
What is the superlative form of tall?
What is tallest?
What is the sentence that connects the hook to the main idea of the essay?
What is a linking sentence?
What's another word for the lesson a story teaches the reader?
Identify the two adjectives: The tall, friendly teacher smiled.
What are tall and friendly?
What is the comparative form of happy?
What is happier?
What is the superlative form of happy?
What is happiest?
What sentence states the main argument or idea of an essay?
What is a thesis statement?
What do we call a direct quote from a story that supports your claim?
What is evidence?
Which word is the adjective? The student carefully wrote a paragraph. A) student B) carefully C) paragraph D) None of these
What is D, none of these?
Complete the sentence: My essay is _____ (good) than my first draft.
What is better?
Complete the sentence: That was the _____ (bad) essay I have ever read.
What is worst?
Is this a hook, linking sentence, or thesis?
“Have you ever judged someone before getting to know them?”
What is a hook?
In a body paragraph, what part explains what is happening in the quote?
What is explanation?
Identify all three adjectives: The nervous student wrote a long, difficult essay.
What are nervous, long, and difficult?
Complete the sentence: This story is _____ (interesting) than the last story.
What is more interesting?
Complete the sentence: Of all the books, this one is the _____ (interesting).
What is most interesting?
“In the text Lamb to the Slaughter by Roald Dahl, the author uses characters to show the theme ‘don't judge a book by its cover.’”
What part of an essay is this an example of?
What is the thesis statement?
What part of a body paragraph explains how the evidence supports your claim or proves your point?
What is analysis?