Parts of Speech
A person, place, or thing.
What is a Noun?
Every sentence needs a _______ and a verb.
What is a Subject?
Begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun.
What is a Prepositional Phrase?
I am so tired, I could sleep for a year. What figurative language is being used in the sentence?
What is Hyperbole?
The events that make up a story.
What is the Plot?
Modifies a verb or an adjective
What is an Adverb?
The person or thing that receives the action of the sentence.
What is a Direct Object?
Is formed by “to + verb”
What is an Infinitive Phrase?
She was as brave as a lion. What figurative language is being used in this sentence?
What is Simile?
The main character that is followed in a story.
What is a Protagonist?
Ouch! The water is hot. What part of speech is “ouch?”
What is an Interjection?
My sister is the kindest person I know. How would you describe the word “is” in the sentence?
What is a Linking Verb Predicate (LVP)?
I bought the car that is blue. What type of clause is “that is blue?”
What is a Relative Clause?
He is a giant in his class, towering a foot over most of his classmates.
What is a Metaphor?
A structure that can be used to chart the progression of a story.
What is Freytag’s Pyramid?
Let’s go to a country where the sun always shines. What part of speech is “where?”
What is a Relative Pronoun?
She drove the car across town. How would you describe the word “car” in the sentence?
What is a Direct Object?
How many clauses are in the sentence: The kitchen caught on fire because John forgot to turn off the stove while he was at work, but luckily, no one got hurt.
What is Four Clauses?
The camera loves me. What figurative language is being used in this sentence?
What is Personification?
A point of view in which the narrator is a character in the story. The narrator uses the pronouns “I” to tell the story.
What is First Person Point of View?
She left after the show ended. What part of speech is “after?”
What is a Suboordinate Conjunction?
The nest is home to a family of birds. What type of subject complement is the word “home?”
What is a Predicate Nominative (Noun)?
A sentence that has 2 or more independent clauses and at least 1 dependent clause.
What is a Compound-Complex Sentence?
This game is a piece of cake. What figurative language is ”piece of cake?”
What is an Idiom?
An event that sets the story in motion by disrupting the protagonists “natural world” by introducing a major problem or conflict.
What is the Inciting Incident?