Parts of Speech
Identify the noun in the sentence: The bananas are ripe.
Bananas
What is the most exciting part of the story?
Climax
Mitch Album
Tuesdays with Morrie
What type of conjunctions are FANBOYS?
Coordinating
Love is a battlefield.
Metaphor
Identify the verb in the sentence: She ran on the beach.
Ran
All the events that happen in a story on the way to the climax.
Rising action
Lizabeth
Marigolds
Which type of conjunctions always require a comma when combining sentences?
Coordinating
Life is like a box of chocolates.
Simile
Identify the adjective in the sentence: You are very generous.
Generous
What happens directly after the climax.
Falling Action
George and Lydia Hadley
The Veldt
The following are what type of conjunctions:
because, while, although.
Subordinating
Snap, crackle, pop
Onomatopoeia
Identify the preposition in the sentence: The prince hid behind the door.
Behind
The final plot points that occur after a story's climax and falling action.
Resolution
Tessie Hutchinson
The Lottery
Where should the comma go? Because Smokey kept barking we threw the ball to him.
Because Smokey kept barking, we threw the ball for him.
Beat around the bush
Idiom
Identify the adverb in the sentence: The Cross-country team ran fast.
Fast
The background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story.
Exposition
Margo
All Summer in a Day
She went into the store; however, she didn’t find anything she wanted to buy.
Conjunctive Adverb
The sun smiled upon us.
Personification