definition of a noun
What is a person, place, thing or idea?
hot, cold, beautiful, for example
What are adjectives?
The two parts of a sentence
What are the subject and predicate?
definition of a simile
the stage of plot telling characters and setting
What is the exposition?
He, she, it, they, you, for example
What are pronouns?
definition of preposition
What is a word that tells where or when something happens?
Two or more complete thoughts joined together incorrectly
What is a run-on sentence?
"She stormed into the room" for example
What is a metaphor?
definition of external conflict
What is the character is struggling with an outside force?
words that show action
What are action verbs?
definition of a conjunction
What is a word that joins ideas together?
Two or more thoughts joined together with a comma and conjunction or a semicolon
What is a compound sentence?
"The squirrel laughed at me" for example.
What is personification?
Peter is choosing between spending his money or saving it, for example.
What is an internal conflict?
words that tell how something happens
What are adverbs?
did listen, will explain, could have finished, for example
What are helping verbs?
a dependent clause
"There was at least of mile of spaghetti piled on the plate" for example.
What is hyperbole?
definition of a theme
What is a moral or life lesson?
life, peace, happiness, sadness, for example
What are abstract nouns?
words that show condition or being
What are linking verbs?
an interrogative sentence
What is a question?
What is alliteration?
Two things that happen at the climax
What is the problem is solved and the main character grows or changes in some way.