What part of speech is a person, place, or thing?
What is NOUN
A comparison using “like” or “as”
What is SIMILE
What is a theme?
What is a LESSON OR MORAL OR UNIVERSAL STATEMENT
Which part tells us the main characters and the setting of the story?
What is EXPOSITION
In this sentence, “the big yellow dog”--YELLOW is what type of word?
What is an ADJECTIVE
What type of sentence structure has two independent clauses combined with a conjunction?
What is COMPOUND
This is the word for an over exaggeration
What is HYPERBOLE
True or False. A theme needs to apply to only a few people?
What is FALSE
Which part tells us about the events that occur after the climax and that start to wrap up the story?
What is FALLING ACTION
What an “ACTION” word is called
What is a VERB
What type of sentence structure has one dependent clause and one independent clause?
What is COMPLEX
What is this an example of? “The lazy lion licked the lemon lollipop.”
What is ALLITERATION
True or False. When determining a theme, you should ask yourself, “what is the author trying to teach me?”
What is TRUE
Which part is the most intense point of the story, or the turning point?
What is the CLIMAX
This word describes a verb and often ends in “-ly”
What is an ADVERB
This is an example of which type of sentence? “Sally liked to play soccer, and she liked to play baseball.”
What is COMPOUND
A reference to people, places, events or things that are widely-known. Example: “Jim and Ashley are like Romeo and Juliet.”
What is ALLUSION
Yes or No. Is this a theme, “The tortoise won the race!”
What is NO
Which part tells us how everything is solved and wraps up the whole story?
What is the RESOLUTION
The phrase “the meal was cooked” as opposed to “I am cooking” is an example of THIS voice
What is PASSIVE VOICE
This is an example of which type of sentence? “After she finished her homework, Sally liked to play soccer, and she liked to play baseball.”
What is COMPOUND-COMPLEX
What is this an example of? “Before my performance, Tom told me to ‘break a leg.’”
What is IDIOM
What are the three steps for determining a theme?
What is
TRACK HOW CHARACTERS CHANGE, SYMBOLS, AND CONFLICTS
ASK YOURSELF WHAT IS THE AUTHOR TRYING TO TEACH ME
MAKE A THEME STATEMENT
Which part tells us about the events that occur before the most intense point of the story?
What is RISING ACTION
Since, When, If, Although, Because are example of this type of conjunction
What are SUBORDINATING conjunctions