Parts of Speech/Vocab
This type of word names a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
This element of a story includes the time and place where events occur.
What is the setting?
This term refers to the sequence of events in a story.
What is plot?
These are words that sound the same but have different spellings and meanings, like "their" and "there".
What is a homophone?
I drink this (almost) every day, and they say this drink gives you wings.
What is red bull?
These words take the place of nouns in a sentence.
What is a pronoun?
This narrative technique presents events out of chronological order.
What is chronological order?
This part of the plot introduces the characters, setting, and initial situation of the story.
What is exposition?
This is a group of words that act as a unit to name one thing, like "fire engine" or "high school". (Hint: A type of noun)
What is a compound noun?
The state that I moved from to Yuma.
What is North Carolina?
These words express actions or states of being.
What is a verb?
This type of conflict occurs when a character struggles against society or cultural norms.
What is character vs. society?
This is the moment of greatest tension in a story, often the turning point of the plot.
What is climax?
This is a word or phrase that contradicts itself, like "jumbo shrimp" or "deafening silence".
What is an oxymoron?
This is my favorite color.
A word opposite in meaning to another.
What is an antonym?
This type of conflict occurs when a character struggles against their own internal thoughts, emotions, or moral dilemmas.
What is internal conflict (or character vs. self)?
These are the events that build tension and lead to the climax of the story.
What is rising action?
This part of speech shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and other words in a sentence.
What is a preposition?
This is my favorite holiday.
What is Halloween?
A word or phrase that means exactly, or nearly the same, as another word.
What is a synonym?
In this type of conflict, the protagonist faces challenges from the natural world, such as surviving in the wilderness or overcoming a natural disaster.
What is character vs. nature?
This final section of the plot resolves the main conflict and ties up loose ends in the story.
What is the resolution?
This part of speech expresses emotion and can stand alone as a sentence. (Example: Wow!)
What is an interjection?
This is how many children I have.