Parts of Speech
Person, Place, Thing, or Idea.
What is a noun?
Find the mistake:
She gone to the park yesterday.
Incorrect Verb - Went
a person who lives a solitary life and tends to avoid other people
recluse
An extreme exaggeration for emphasis or humor
hyperbole
a stylistic choice in which the text is darkened to stand out from the surrounding text
what is bold text?
Action or state of being.
What is a Verb?
What is the correct way to make "woman" possessive
woman's
a person or thing that is excluded from a general statement or does not follow a rule
When an author hints at future events in a story.
foreshadowing
come after a title either on a new line or following a colon (:). They tend to add more detail and context to the title to help the reader develop a greater understanding of the purpose or contents of the text they’re about to read
Subtitle
Describes a noun or pronoun
What is an adjective
__ book is over ___ on the shelf.
Their, There.
permission for something to happen or agreement to do something
consent
giving human characteristics to something that isn't human
personification
This text feature is an informational text box outside of the main text. It includes information that isn’t contained within the general text. Often includes features like graphs, charts, and timelines, which can be helpful for putting information into another form for students to digest.
What is a sidebar?
Replaces a noun in a sentence, usually to avoid repetition.
Pronoun
How could you fix this run on sentence?
Yesterday it rained we didn't get to go swimming.
Multiple:
Yesterday it rained, so we didn't get to go swimming.
Yesterday it rained; so we didn't get to go swimming.
Yesterday it rained. We didn't get to go swimming.
warn or reprimand someone firmly
admonish
A comparison where one object is said to be another in a non-literal sense.
metaphor.
Ways to show data related to something in the main body of text, and often show additional information
Charts and Graphs
Describes an action word. (HOW SOMETHING IS DONE)
Adverb
Used for the first word of a sentence, for proper nouns, titles, and the pronoun "I".
capitalization / capital letters
at the same time
simultaneously
Sound words
onomatopoeia
At the end of a book, gives information about what’s included in the book through keywords or concepts. can be used to understand vocabulary, and often where to find more about that vocabulary in a book.
Glossary