Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun
The flower was soft as silk.
Simile
What does the bee do? Bring home honey. And what does Father do? Bring home money. And what does Mother do? Lay out the money. And what does baby do? Eat up the honey.
Poetry
This is the moral of the story.
Theme
What are the 3 main verb tenses?
Past, present, and future.
A word used to describe an action.
Verb
The clouds rolled in ominously.
Personification
This genre normally has a crime to solve.
Mystery
This is considered the turning point of the story/the most exciting part of the story.
Climax
What tense is the verb of this sentence in?:
The dog quickly ate the beef jerky.
Past (verb = ate)
A word that describes a noun.
Adjective
The salsa was so hot, my tongue began to melt.
Hyperbole
A story that involves events that could happen but have not actually happened.
Realistic Fiction
CONGRATS!! YOU FOUND THE FREEBIE!
WOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What part of speech is modified to indicate tense?
Verb
A word that modifies an adjective, verb, or adverb.
Adverb
The corn went POP in the microwave!
Onomotopoeia
A story that involves elements such as magic, princesses, dragons, wizards, unicorns, etc.
Fantasy
This is a paragraph in a poem.
Stanza
What part of the sentence must agree in number with the verb in order to qualify as a correct sentence?
Subject (subject-verb agreement!)
A word that replaces a noun.
Pronoun
"Could you please put a sock in it? I'm trying to focus!"
Idiom
This is a story about the Holocaust but it has made-up characters that were not real.
Historical Fiction
To persuade, inform, and entertain.
What is the past, present, and future tense of the verb "play"?