Parts of Speech
I describe a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
A complete thought with a subject and predicate.
What is a sentence?
I am an educated guess you make using clues in the text and what you already know.
What is an inference?
I am the beginning of the story where characters, setting, and basic information are introduced.
What is the exposition?
I explain why an author writes something: to persuade, inform, or entertain.
What is the author’s purpose?
I describe an action, something you do or something that happens.
What is a verb?
Two independent clauses joined by a conjunction or semicolon.
What is a compound sentence?
I am the author’s main message or lesson you should learn from the story.
What is the theme?
I am the series of events that build suspense and lead up to the climax.
What is the rising action?
I’m the process of marking up a text by underlining, circling, or adding notes to better understand what you’re reading.
What is annotation?
I describe a word that tells more about a noun, like “shiny” or “happy.”
What is an adjective?
A sentence missing either a subject or predicate.
What is a fragment?
A hint in the story that helps you figure out the meaning of an unfamiliar word.
What is a context clue?
I am the turning point or the most exciting, dramatic moment in the story.
What is the climax?
I am a character’s inner thoughts, feelings, or reactions to an event in the story.
What is an internal response?
I connect words, phrases, or clauses, like “and,” “but,” or “because.”
What is a conjunction?
Two sentences incorrectly joined without proper punctuation.
What is a run-on sentence?
I am an idea the author doesn’t say directly, but you can figure it out from the details.
What is drawing a conclusion?
I am what happens after the climax, where loose ends start to come together.
What is the falling action?
How a character reacts through actions, dialogue, or choices in response to a situation.
What is an external response?
I replace a noun to avoid repeating it, like “he,” “she,” or “they.”
What is a pronoun?
A sentence with one independent clause and one dependent clause.
What is a complex sentence?
When the author compares two different things using like or as.
What is a simile?
I am the end of the story where the problem is solved and everything wraps up.
What is the resolution?
I’m the perspective from which the story is told — like first person, second person, or third person.
What is the author’s point of view?