Sentence Diagramming
Name the predicate.
"The owl flew silently."
silently
A protagonist is:
the main character
Use the correct form of "there."
________ going to board the plane shortly.
They're
An action word.
verb
Setting is the place and _____ that a story takes place.
time
Name the subject and predicate.
"The horse ran across the prairie."
subject: horse
predicate: ran
The exciting part in a story where the main character faces the biggest problem and overcomes it.
climax
Use the correct form of "to."
Is it _____ much _____ ask you ____ pick up your dirty socks?
too, to, to
A word that describes a noun.
adjective
In poetry, when the words do NOT rhyme, it is called:
free verse
Diagram the following sentence:
"The girl danced."
girl | danced
______________
\The
Secondary to the main plot, usually dealing with a smaller problem the character faces.
subplot
Write the following sentence correctly:
Their looking for some fancy chickens. They'd like too.
They're looking for some fancy chickens. They'd like two.
A word that describes a verb.
adverb
When one or more characters are speaking and quotation marks are used.
dialogue
Diagram the following sentence:
"The owl flew swiftly."
owl | flew
________________
\The \swiftly
Thanos, Voldemort, Maleficent, the Joker, and President Snow are all examples of:
antagonist
Use the correct form of "there":
_______ ________ teammates. _______ they are, over in that field.
They're their teammates. There they are, over in that field.
The, a, an are examples of what?
articles
In The Giver, dwelling is used in place of home to describe where the community members live. This is important, because while the definitions are the same, the _________________ of each word are different.
connotation
Diagram the following sentence:
"The old queen ruled kindly."
queen | ruled
_________________
\The \old \kindly
Name at least four fiction genres.
historical fiction, fantasy, science fiction, romance, horror, mystery, myth, adventure, parody, allegory, realism, graphic novel, satire
Correct the following:
Their working on there projects. They must complete too experiments on they're pepper plants by to day.
They're working their projects. They must complete two experiments on their pepper plants by today.
Write a sentence that contains an object.
The cows ate the hay.
Give an example of two words that have the same denotation but different connotation. (You may not use examples already used in class!)
happy, thrilled
walk, trudge
exhausted, sleepy
cold, freezing
mean, cruel