Parts of Speech
What is a person, place, or thing?
Noun
What type of punctuation goes at the end of an interrogative sentence?
Question Mark
What figurative language makes a comparison with like or as?
Simile
What text structure tells a story in time order?
Sequence/Chronological Order
The dog barked loudly at the neighbors.
What part of speech is "dog."
Noun
What has the action in a sentence?
Verb
What punctuation goes at the end of a declarative or imperative sentence?
Period
What type of figurative language makes a direct comparison without using like or as?
Metaphor
What text structure tells how things are alike or different?
Compare and Contrast
Larry is as fast as lightning when he runs.
What type of figurative language is being used in this sentence?
Simile
What describes a noun?
Adjective
What punctuation goes at the end of an exclamatory sentence?
Exclamation Mark
What type of figurative language gives human qualities to non-human things (example - animals or toys talking in a story/movie)?
Personification
What text structure tells about an issue and how it was fixed?
Problem and Solution
Doris threw the ball through a window.
What part of speech is "threw"?
Verb
What describes a verb?
Adverb
What type of punctuation do you use for dialogue within a story?
Quotation Marks
What type of figurative language makes an exaggerated statement? (Example - I have a million things to do today.)
Hyperbole
What text structure tells about something that happened and what the result of that action was?
Cause and Effect
Amanda gave her jacket to Susan.
What part of speech is "her."
Pronoun
What takes the place of a noun?
Pronoun
What type of punctuation do you use to separate items in a series?
Commma
What type of figurative language has several words that start with the same letter? (Example - Peter Piper picked pickled peppers).
Alliteration
What text structure uses various adjectives within a paragraph to describe something?
Description
John likes to surf, but Mike hates being in the water.
What type of text structure is being used?
Compare and Contrast