Grammar
Basics
Basics
This part of the sentence tells us who or what the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
Boom!
What is onomatopoeia?
The introduction of a story tells about the main characters, setting, and background information necessary to understand the story's conflict and plot.
What is the exposition?
This is the central message or main idea that an author wants to convey.
What is the theme?
In the sentence "The students studied hard," identify the predicate.
What is "studied hard"?
The wind whistled through the trees.
What is personification?
The most exciting part of the story.
What is climax?
When an author directly tells you "She was kind and generous," this is called this type of characterization.
What is direct characterization?
This type of word represents a person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
She sings like an angel.
What is a simile?
Events that led up to the climax of a story.
What is rising action?
Name three ways indirect characterization can reveal character traits.
What are speech, thoughts, effects on others, actions, and looks?
In "The brave knight fought the dragon," name two nouns.
What are "knight" and "dragon"?
I called you a million-times last night.
What is a hyperbole?
The end of the story resolves the conflict.
What is resolution?
The person or character telling the story.
What is the narrator?
Identify the subject and predicate in: "My favorite book sits on the shelf."
What are "My favorite book" (subject) and "sits on the shelf" (predicate)
"As clear as mud."
What is verbal irony?
Events that happen after the climax.
What is falling action?
This type of conflict occurs when a character struggles against an outside force, such as another character or nature.
What is an external conflict?