Parts of Speech I
This is the word for a person, place or thing
Examples: boy, house, dog, pencil
What is a noun?
This is a word that sounds the same, is spelled the same but has different meanings
Example: bat, play
What is a multiple meaning word?
this is the definition for a vowel digraph
What is two vowels that go together to make one long vowel sound
This is the meaning for the prefix, dis-
What is not or the opposite of?
This is the term for the people, or animals in the story
Who are the characters?
This is the term for an action word
Examples: jump, clean, sit
What is a verb?
This is a word part that goes on the beginning of a word and changes the meaning of the word
Example: pre-, dis-, un-, mis-
What is a prefix?
These are examples of vowel digraphs that make the long e sound( give two examples)
What is ee, ea, ey, ei,
This is the meaning of the suffix -ment
What is the process of ?
This is the term for where a story takes place, the where and when of the story
What is the setting?
This is the term for a word that describes a noun
Examples: pretty, tall, blue
What is an adjective?
This is a word part that goes on the end of a word and changes the meaning of the word
Examples: er, ment, ing, ness
What is a suffix?
These are examples of vowel digraphs that make the long a sound
(give two examples)
What is ai, ay, ea ?
What is the suffix -y
This is the term for the beginning of the story (inciting event)
What is the exposition?
This is the term for a word that replaces a noun
Examples: he, she, it, they
What is a pronoun?
This is the term for two words put together to make a new word
Examples: hotdog, airplane, snowman
What is a compound word?
This is an examples of vowel digraphs that go together to make the long o sound
Give two examples
What is oa, ow, ough, oe
This suffix is used as an adjective to compare two things or people
What is the suffix - er?
This is the term for the most exciting or pivotal part of the story
What is the climax?
This is the term for two words that sound the same, but are spelled differently and have different meanings
Examples: sea/ see, night/ knight, one/ won
What is a homophone?
This is the name of two words put together using an apostrophe
Examples: it's they're, he's
What is a contraction?
This is an example of a vowel digraph that makes the long i sound
Give one example
What is ie,
This is the meaning of the prefix re-
What is to do again?
This is the term for the end of the story or how the problem in the story is solved
What is the conclusion?