Parts of Speech
Personal Narratives
"Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio"
Character Traits
Miscellaneous Topics
100

This part of speech is person, place, thing, or idea

What is a noun.

100
From what point of view is a personal narrative written?

What is first person.

100

Name the main character in "Small Steps: The Year I Got Polio."

Who is Peg?

100

Explain cause and effect.

What is when one event causes another event to occur.

100

What is another word or synonym for the term modify? 

What is describe.

200

This part of speech describes or modifies a noun. It also answers the questions: What kind? Which one? and How many?

What is an adjective.

200

True of False: In order to be considered a personal narrative, the story must be true.

What is True.

200

What is the role of transition words or phrases in a paragraph?

What is to connect one idea to the next idea?

200

When are quotation marks utilized in writing?

What is to indicate dialogue.

200

What is the word or term that a pronoun replaces called.

What is the antecedent.

300

This part of speech replaces a noun in a sentence and can also be the subject of a sentence.

What is a pronoun.

300

True or false: A personal narrative is fiction.

What is false.

300

Some transition words or phrases establish "time." What is this called?

What is chronology or chronological order.

300

What causes polio?

What is a virus?

300

What does the term paralyzed mean?

What is partly or incapable of movement.

400

This part of speech can express an action, link words in a sentence, or express a state of being.

What is a verb.

400

True or False: In order to be considered a personal narrative, the story must be told by someone who was involved in the events being described.

What is true.

400

Define character trait.

What is the attribute of a person shown through what he or she says, thinks, does, or feels, or does.

400

True or False: Kids in the United States are currently at risk of getting polio.

What is false.

400

What does the prefix -ir in the word "irregular mean?

What is not or opposite of.

500

This part of speech modifies or describes adjectives and verbs. It answers the questions: How? When? Where? and To What Extent? Sometimes the part of speech ends in -ly.

What is an adverb.

500

In a personal narrative, what pronoun would the person telling the story use.

Hint: First person pronoun

What is the pronoun "I."

500

What part of speech are typically character traits?

What is an adjective.

500

Pick a character from Small Steps. Use a character trait to describe the person and support your choice with textual evidence.

Answers will vary.

500

Define the term dialogue.

What is when someone is talking or when two people are talking.