Parts of Speech
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a noun?
A sentence that contains at least two independent clauses joined by a conjunction
What is a compound sentence?
A text that describes a concept or process.
The term for a character's struggle with an outside force, such as another character, society, or nature.
What is external conflict?
What literary devices are used in the phrase "The wind whispered through the trees?"
What is personification and alliteration?
A word used in place of a noun
What is a pronoun?
An engaging opening sentence or statement meant to grab the reader's attention.
What is a hook?
A text that focuses on providing sensory details to create a vivid image in the reader’s mind.
What is a descriptive text?
The literary device used when the author provides hints or clues about events that will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
This genre is characterized by the use of futuristic technology, space exploration, and advanced science.
What is science fiction?
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
Narration that uses "I" or "we" and the narrator is a character in the story. Narration that uses "he," "she," or "they" and the narrator is outside of the story.
What is 1st person and 3rd person point of view/narration?
Which of these is NOT typically found in an informative text?
A) Personal anecdotes
B) Factual information
C) Expert testimonies
D) Opinionated language
What is D, opinionated language?
Which is not a play by Shakespeare?
Romeo & Juliet
Macbeth
Death of a Salesman
Othello
What is Death of a Salesman?
When should a comma be used?
A) To separate two independent clauses without a conjunction
B) To separate items in a series
C) After every noun in a sentence
D) After the first word of every sentence
What is B, to separate items in a series?
A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another of this same type of word
What is an adverb?
To clearly state the main point or argument of the essay.
What is thesis statement?
A reference to a source of information, giving credit to the original author or creator of the material being discussed.
What is a citation?
The term for the central idea or message in a piece of literature; the moral or life lesson of a story.
What is theme?
What is an example of "irony" in literature?
A) A character expects one thing to happen, but the opposite occurs.
B) A character feels very sad but shows no emotion.
C) A character speaks in a very formal tone.
D) A character learns from their mistakes.
What is A, a character expects one thing to happen, but the opposite occurs?
A word that shows the relationship between a noun and another word in a sentence
What is a preposition?
Aristotle's rhetorical appeals that use credibility, emotions, and logic to be persuasive.
What are ethos, pathos, and logos?
What does SOAPSTone stand for?
What is speaker, occasion, audience, purpose, subject, tone?
Can you think of a modern object, color, or scene from a popular book or movie that could symbolize something important?
Answer may vary.
The term for a 14-line poem written in iambic pentameter, often with a specific rhyme scheme.
What is a sonnet?