Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
The end or conclusion of the story where the problem or conflict is fixed or resolved.
What is the resolution?
A comparison of unlike things using the words "like" or "as". Example: Grandma would be as proud as a peacock.
What is a simile?
a word that means exactly or nearly the same as another word. Example: funny and hilarious......smart and intelligent
What is a synonym?
a person or animal in a story, play or movie.
What is a character?
a word that expresses strong feelings or excitement; usually followed by an exclamation point. example: Ouch! or YES!
What is an interjection?
The main point and most exciting part of the plot. It is the turning point of the story and the moment of highest emotion or interest.
What is climax?
a direct comparison of two things. Example: The sunflowers were a fence protecting the roses.
What is a metaphor?
A group of words that does not express a complete thought. example: A young farmer and his mother
What is a sentence FRAGMENT?
what the text is mostly about, the central idea in a story or text.
What is the main idea?
Shows action or what is being done.
What is a verb?
The events of the plot that lead up or build up to the climax.
What is the rising action?
An extreme exaggeration used to make or prove a point. Example: This homework is going to take me a million years to complete!
What is a hyperbole?
hints or clues that an author gives to help a reader define a difficult or unfamiliar word within a sentence.
What are context clues?
the events that happen or take place in a story
What is the plot?
Describes nouns and pronouns. Example: Beautiful picture.
What is an adjective?
The events that occur towards the end of the story after the climax.
What is falling action?
Giving human characteristics to non-living things. Example: The roses wept for their smashed friends.
What is personification?
two or more words that have the same pronunciation but different meanings and/or spelling. Example: your, you're....there, their, they're.....read, read....grate, great.
What are homophones?
when and where a story takes place. Example: a haunted house
What is the setting?
Describes verbs. Example: She runs quickly.
What is an adverb?
This is the very beginning of the story where the characters, setting, and conflict are introduced.
What is exposition?
When two or more words begin with the same consonant sound. Example: Stooping to the ground, Sarah smelled the sweet, scarlet flower.
What is alliteration?
his or her reason for writing a text. Most of the time it is to Persuade, Inform, Entertain or Explain. PIE
What is the Author's Purpose?
an idea or message about life and human behavior the author expresses in a text. Example: Fear, family, or love.
What is theme?