Parts of Speech
This part of speech describes a noun or pronoun. (e.g., happy dog, tall tree)
What is an adjective?
This is the main person or character in a story.
What is the protagonist?
____________**: To copy the actions or appearance of someone or something.
What is to Imitate?
I will try to _______________ your request and move our meeting to tomorrow.
To help out someone by providing what they need, or to adjust to fit in with something else.
Accommodate
This is the process an author uses to reveal the personality of a character.
What is Characterization?
This part of speech shows action or a state of being. (e.g., run, is, think)
What is a verb?
This is the time and place where a story happens
What is the setting?
____________: Feeling or showing great happiness.
What is Jubilant?
: I _______________ all the help you gave me with my science project.
To understand the value or importance of something, or to be thankful for it.
What is Appreciate?
This type of characterization tells the reader directly what a character is like. (e.g., "She was very kind.")
What is direct characterization?
This part of speech replaces a noun. (e.g., he, she, it, they)
What is a pronoun?
This is the series of events that make up a story, including the rising action, climax, and falling action.
What is the plot?
____________: A dangerous, difficult, or unfortunate situation.
What is a plight?
The librarian organized the books by _________ to make them easier to find.
A group of things that are similar in some way, or that belong together.
What is category?
This point of view uses pronouns like "I" and "me," and the narrator is a character in the story.
What is First person?
This part of speech connects words, phrases, or clauses (e.g., and, but, or).
What is a conjunction?
This is the struggle between two opposing forces in a story, like character vs. character or character vs. nature.
What is the conflict?
____________: To think about something carefully.
What is to Ponder?
He was ___________ of his mistake and apologized right away.
To be awake, aware, and able to think and feel what's happening around you.
What is conscious?
This point of view the narrator is "all knowing"
What is third person omniscient?
This part of speech describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb. (e.g., quickly ran, very happy)
What is an adverb?
This is the central message or lesson the author wants the reader to learn from the story.
What is the theme?
____________: Not proud; modest.
What is humble?
We will _________ be at the party on Saturday night.
Without any doubt; for sure; certainly.
What is definitely?
What does the acronym S.T.E.A.L. stand for, as a way to remember the different methods of indirect characterization?
What is speech, thoughts, effect of others, actions and looks?