Parts of Speech
What is a noun?
Person, place, or thing.
What two things do you discover in a story's exposition?
Who the main character is and the setting.
What is a synonym?
When two words have the same meaning. They are similar.
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is setting in a story?
Where the story takes place.
What is a verb?
An action.
What is rising action?
When there are small problems, but none of them are big problems yet.
What is an antonym?
When two words have the opposite meaning.
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two things without using like or as.
What do you use context clues for?
To find the meaning of words you do not know.
What is an adjective?
A word that describes a noun?
What is climax?
The big, very large, very bad problem of the story.
What are prepositions?
They are words or phrases that connect to a noun. They can show time, place, or direction.
An extreme exaggeration.
"Drama."
How old is Neville?
He's three :)
What is an adverb?
A word that describes a verb.
What is falling action?
When problems are starting to get solved, but they are not solved yet.
What are contractions?
When two words become one. You have to use an apostrophe when you combine them.
What is personification?
When an animal or object shows human characteristics or actions.
What quesion are you trying to solve when you discover a story's point of view?
Who is telling the story, or who the narrator is.
What four things do you need to make a completed sentence?
A capital letter, a period, a subject (noun,) and a predicate (verb.)
What is resolution?
When the problems are solved, and the story is over.
"Happily ever after."
What are conjunctions?
They are a special word that is connected to a comma. This is when you combine to sentences or phrases to make one.
What is onomatopoeia?
SOUND WORDS
What are the four Hogwarts houses?
Ravenclaw, Slytherin, Gryffindor, and Hufflepuff.