Nouns
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
The series of events that make up a story.
What is the plot?
A story that is made up (not real) is _____________
What is fiction?
A word that replaces a noun.
What is a pronoun?
Her eyes sparkled like diamonds when she looked at him.
What is a simile?
Martin Luther King Jr., Heritage Middle School, and the Empire State Building are all examples of ________.
What are proper nouns?
When and where a story takes place
Words that mean the same or nearly the same as another word
What is a synonym?
An action or state of being
What is a verb?
Mrs. Miracle is a bear when she has to wake up early.
What is a metaphor?
man, school, and monument are examples of _____
What are common nouns?
A problem in the story
What is conflict?
A sentence that has only ONE independent clause
What is a simple sentence?
A word that modifies a noun or pronoun.
What is an adjective?
Lightening danced across the sky.
What is personification?
dog house, mailbox, swimming pool, sister-in-law
What are compound nouns?
What is point of view?
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb
What is an adverb?
A word that expresses emotion or makes an exclamation
What is an interjection?
Bang! Pow! Buzz. Plop.
What is onomatopoeia?
boy's books
dog's bowl
teacher's desk
The italicized words are __________________.
What are possessive nouns?
People, animals, monsters, etc... in a story
What are characters?
The part of a story where everything is "tied up" or the conflict is resolved.
What is the resolution?
A joining word- connects words, phrases or sentences
What is a conjunction?
It's a million degrees in this room!
What is hyperbole?