What is a noun?
What are the two types of letters in the alphabet, vowels and...?
Consonants
What do we call the people or animals in a story?
characters
What does the word "enormous" mean?
very large
What do we call a comparison using "like" or "as"?
similie
Which part of speech describes a noun?
adjective
What do we call two words combined with an apostrophe, like "can't" or "won't"?
Contraction
What is the setting of a story?
where and when the story takes place
What does the word "ancient" mean?
very old
What is it called when you give human traits to animals or objects?
What is a verb?
an action word
What punctuation mark do we use to separate items in a list, like in "apples, oranges, and bananas"?
a comma
What is the main idea of a story?
The central point or lesson of the story.
What is the meaning of the word "sudden"?
What is the italicized part of the word called? Unhappy
Prefix
Which part of speech replaces a noun in a sentence, like "he," "she," or "they"?
pronoun
What is the subject of this sentence: "The dog chased the ball"?
The dog
What is the problem in a story called?
conflict
What does the word "genuine" mean?
real or authentic
what is the base word in bicycle?
cycle
What part of speech is "quickly" in the sentence, "She ran quickly"?
adverb
In the sentence "The cat sleeps on the bed," which word is the verb?
sleeps
What do we call the message or lesson that the author wants you to learn from a story?
Theme
What does the word "generate" mean?
to create or produce something
What do we call a comparison that does not use "like" or "as," such as "time is a thief"?
metaphor