Parts of Speech
A person, place, or thing
noun
"Run" is what part of speech?
verb
a verb
Identify the figurative language: "Boom!"
an onomatopeoia
What figurative language puts sounds into words?
What is a plot?
The events that make up a story
Is this sentence a complete sentence?
Went to the game.
No.
Is this sentence a complete sentence?
Ran quickly to the bus.
No. There is no subject.
He drove quickly...quickly is an example of a:
An adverb
Identify the figurative language:
"He watched her like a hawk."
What figurative language involves repeating sounds/letters at the start of words/phrases?
Alliteration
What is the official name for the turning point of a story?
Climax
Identify the noun in the following sentence:
She can not play the flute.
flute
This part of speech that modifies or qualifies often ends in -ly
adverb
He, I, his, she, her, they, their, them are all examples of what part of speech?
pronouns
Identify the figurative language:
"You got my heartbeat running away"
Personification
What figurative language involves a comparison using like or as?
A metaphor
What does the inciting incident often expose in a story?
The main conflict
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
We needed a place to study, so we packed up our things and went to the library.
so
Identify the adjective in the sentence:
They live on a huge farm.
huge
Identify the conjunction in the following sentence:
Fred wanted to show hogs or goats at the fair.
or
"Sally sells seashells by the seashore"
Alliteration
What figurative language involves a direct comparison between two unrelated items?
What is the resolution?
The end of a story where loose ends are tied up
Proper nouns should always be this.
capitalized
What is the acronym for remembering conjuctions?
FANBOYS
Which part of speech do you use when you need to join clauses, sentences, or words?
conjunctions
Identify the figurative language:
"He was a Romeo with the ladies"
An allusion
Hyperbole
What does the exposition introduce?
Characters and Setting