Parts of Speech
a word that means a person, place or thing
What is a noun?
The sky was as white as cotton. This is an example of _____________.
What is a simile?
Which is an incomplete sentence?
1. The girls danced.
2. Flowers grew.
3. Moving quietly down the hallway.
4. Spring is a wonderful time of year.
What is Moving quietly down the hallway?
The people or animals who act out the story.
Who are the characters?
The first sentence in a paragraph is called this.
What is the topic sentence?
a word that shows action or state of being
What is a verb?
The lightning crackled in the sky during the storm. This is an example of ___________.
What is onomatopoeia?
Which is the correct word?
The teacher graded (there, their, they're) tests over the weekend.
What is their?
The time and place of a story.
What is the setting?
Peter walked quickly down the dark street. It was quiet. Suddenly, a dog howled. Peter walked even faster after that. Cause: A dog howled.
What was the effect? a. Peter went inside. b. Peter walked even faster. c. Everything was quiet.
What is b?
a word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
We had to walk on eggshells around Mary because she was very sensitive about losing her job.
This is an example of _______________.
What is an idiom?
Which word is correct?
My mom is going (to, too, two) the grocery store later today.
What is to?
The lesson or message of the story.
What is theme?
There are about 2,000 kinds of bats. They come in many sizes. Bats are rather strange looking animals. They are soft and furry with large ears. Bats cannot run or walk, and they are the only mammals that fly. What is the main idea?
a. Bats are unusual mammals. b. Bats move by running and flying. c. Bats look like many other animals.
What is a?
A word that takes the place of a noun (you, I, me, him)
What is a pronoun?
The tree branches danced gracefully because of the slight breeze.
This is an example of _______________.
What is personification?
Fix the errors in this sentence.
dr. brown said to his patient i will meet with you shortly
Dr. Brown said to his patient, "I will meet with you shortly."
The person who writes a story and the person who draws the pictures are called what?
What is the author and illustrator?
Name the text structure that shows how two things are alike and different.
What is compare and contrast?
A word that describes a verb
What is an adverb?
The stars are beautiful diamonds in the black night sky.
This is an example of ____________.
What is a metaphor?
A beginning added to a base word that changes its meaning.
What is a prefix?
The events that happen in the story.
What is the plot?
In a poem, a group of lines like a paragraph, is called this.
What is a stanza?