Grammar Skills
This part of speech describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
This is the meaning of the word "synonym."
What is a word that has the same or nearly the same meaning as another?
The main problem in a story is known as this.
What is conflict?
This is the first paragraph of an essay.
What is an introduction?
This is a form of figurative language that uses "like" or "as" to compare two things.
What is a simile?
He, she, and they are part of this part of speech.
What are pronouns?
Antonyms are words that have this kind of relationship.
What is, opposite?
This is the general time and place in which a story occurs.
What is the setting?
Paragraph 2, 3, and 4 make up this part of an essay.
What is the body/meat and potatoes?
A literary device that gives human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
Identify the verb in this sentence: The cat was asleep on the couch.
What is, was?
This is a genre that is set in an imagined and imperfect world.
What is a dystopia?
Identify the term for the sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
This is the term used to state your opinion on a topic.
What is a claim?
This form of figurative language compares two unlike things using deeper meaning, and does not use "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
Identify the preposition(s) in this sentence: I walked through the door and onto the porch.
What is, through and onto?
This is the name for the part of the story where the character faces their biggest problem, the most exciting part of the story.
What is the climax?
This is the term used to describe characters speaking.
What is dialogue?
You must have this to prove your claim and it includes a direct quote.
What is evidence?
This is a word that sounds like the noise it describes. For example: Bang! Crash!
What is an onomatopoeia?
This part of speech connects words, phrases, or clauses, such as "and," "but," or "because."
What are conjunctions?
This is used in an essay to further explain your claim to an audience. It is the explanation of your opinion.
What is, reasoning?
This is the message or lesson a character learns throughout the story.
What is theme?
This is a type of essay that needs to have a counterclaim.
What is an argumentative essay?
What type of figurative language is this sentence using: I stubbed my toe and now it's the size of Mount Rushmore!
What is, hyperbole?