Parts of Speech
noun
person, place, thing, idea
simile
comparison with like or as
main idea
what a story is mostly about
descriptive
gives many details and lots of information about a specific topic
What is the world's largest ocean?
Pacific Ocean
verb
shows action (helping - helps an action verb; linking - links the subject to the rest of the sentence)
metaphor
caption
words that describe a picture
sequential
tells a story in time order
What things do plants need to grow?
sunlight, water, air, soil
pronoun
replaces a noun
onomatopoeia
sound word
theme
lesson or moral of a story
tells about an issue and details the way it was solved
Name 3 different genres.
expository, realistic fiction, historical fiction, argumentative, fantasy, fable, poetry
adjective
describes a noun or pronoun
idiom
does not mean what it literally says
summary
a short retelling of a story
cause and effect
tells about something that happened and why
What is the distance around a circle called?
circumference
preposition
tells where or when something happens
personification
giving human qualities to non-human things
imagery
writing that appeals to the 5 senses and puts a picture in to your head when reading
compare and contrast
tells how things are alike and different
Who is OU's softball coach?
Patty Gasso