Parts of Speech
Person, place, thing or idea
Noun
This short story shows the sudden murder of a man by his wife, who then feeds the weapon to the police
What is Lamb to the Slaughter
What is Plot?
This is a type of metaphor that uses "like" or "as"
What is a simile?
This is a popular short Pixar film about a boy following in his family's footsteps and shoots for the moon to forge his own path!
What is Luna?
A "doing" word - shows an action or a state of being
Verb
This short story shows a young man waiting for his girlfriend to return with dinner to her family's big old house, as he talks to her younger brother...
What is Click Clack the Rattlebag
This is how an author reveals the personality of a character (either directly or indirectly)
What is characterization?
This is a famous poem by Robert Frost about the impermanence of things in nature (and human life)
What is Nothing Gold Can Stay?
This is where and when a story takes place...
What is setting?
A word that describes a noun
Adjective
This short story shows a farming community who has a deadly yearly ritual to ensure a bountiful harvest...
What is The Lottery
This is when an author hints at what will happen later in a story
What is Foreshadowing?
This is when a poet repeats the same letter (especially a consonant) at the beginning of several words in a row.
This is a feeling authors create when a reader is anxious about what will happen next in a story
What is suspense?
A word that describes an adjective or verb
Adverb
This short story shows a woman who has returned home early from a trip to find her husband is not home, and something horrifying in her basement...
This is the type of irony used by authors when they let the reader know something that the characters in a story do not know
What is dramatic irony?
This is when a poet uses something (think an animal or element of nature like lion or fire) represents something other than just itself in a poem
What is symbolism?
This is Mr. Wilson's favorite word in Portuguese
What is abacaxi?
A word that shows the relationship between a noun and another word in a sentence (usually in space or time)
Preposition
This short story showed Billy Weaver on his first work trip, looking for a place to stay...
What is The Landlady
What is a red herring?
What is Ode to the Boys Who Died to Make Hip Hop Happen
This is the French word for the resolution of a story
What is Demouement?