Parts of Speech
What part of speech is a person, place, thing or idea?
noun
What does Character traits mean?
Words that describe a characters personality
What is a memoire
a short story about a part of a persons life
What does personal mean?
belonging only to me
An apple is something that you can eat, so an apple is ______________
edible
What is the verb in the following sentence?
The child crawled across the floor with amazing speed.
crawled
What is a simile?
a comparison using the words like or as
Does a memoir have to be about something that happened to you?
yes
What does paralyzed mean?
unable to move
When you are one of a kind you are ______________.
unique
Tell what an adverb does.
describes a verb
What is a metaphor?
a comparison that doesn't use the words like or as
What book did we read when we learned about memoirs?
Memoirs of a Hamster
What word means to shine or sparkle?
glisten
What word means looking forward to something?
anticipation
What is an adjective?
a part of speech that describes a noun.
They why and what of something are called the ____________ and ________________
cause and effect
Are memoirs fiction or non fiction?
non fiction
When you are sick and you can pass the sickness on to another person, you are ________________ and should be put in _____________________
contagious and isolation
What word means marrow spaces?
crevices
Determine the nouns and adjectives in the following sentence.
The rich man and the poor woman went to an expensive store to buy shoes.
nouns - man, woman, store
adjectives - rich, poor, expensive
Give and example of a simile and tell what is being compared
answers will vary
What point of view is a memoire written in?
first person
What does confiscated mean?
taken away
What does embedded mean?
set firmly in