Fiction & Non-Fiction Genres
A realistic story set in a real period of history, featuring fictional characters interacting with historical context.
What is Historical Fiction?
The word class that replaces a noun to avoid repetition, such as he, she, it, or they.
What is a Pronoun?
A group of words built around a main action word, such as "had been running all morning."
What is a Verb Phrase?
A group of words containing a subject and a verb that can stand alone as a complete sentence.
What is an Independent Clause (or Main Clause)?
A sentence structure made of a single independent clause with no dependent clauses.
What is a Simple Sentence?
A non-fiction text where an author writes the complete story of their own life.
What is an Autobiography?
In the sentence "The choir sang beautifully," this word class describes how the action was performed.
What is an Adverb?
A phrase that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun, such as "across the stormy sea."
What is a Prepositional Phrase?
A clause that cannot stand alone as a complete thought and relies on a main clause to make sense.
What is a Dependent Clause (or Subordinate Clause)?
A sentence structure containing two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) or a semicolon.
What is a Compound Sentence?
A genre that explores futuristic technology, space travel, or dystopian worlds, often grounded in scientific principles.
What is Science Fiction?
Identify the specific sub-type of noun used for general items, concepts, or emotions rather than physical objects (e.g., bravery, freedom).
What is an Abstract Noun?
Identify the noun phrase in this sentence: "The tall, ancient oak tree stood in the courtyard."
What is "The tall, ancient oak tree"?
Identify the subordinate clause in this sentence: "Although it was raining heavily, we decided to go for a run."
What is "Although it was raining heavily"?
The functional sentence type used to issue a direct command or request, such as "Please open your workbooks."
What is an Imperative Sentence?
A non-fiction text structure designed specifically to convince the reader to agree with a particular point of view or take action.
What is a Persuasive Text (or Argumentative Text)?
In the phrase "Under the table," the word "under" belongs to this word class that shows position, direction, or time relationship.
What is a Preposition?
A phrase consisting of an adjective and its modifiers that describes a noun, as seen in "unbelievably bright and colorful."
What is an Adjectival Phrase?
A specific type of subordinate clause that modifies a noun and usually begins with who, which, that, or whose.
What is a Relative Clause?
Classify this sentence structure: "While the teacher spoke, the students took notes, and the clock ticked quietly."
What is a Compound-Complex Sentence?
A sub-genre of fiction that creates suspense and fear through supernatural elements, psychological tension, or eerie settings.
What is Horror / Gothic Fiction?
The word class that serves as a modifier to specify quantity or direct reference to a noun, such as the, a, an, those, several.
What is a Determiner?
A phrase starting with an '-ing' or '-ed' verb form functioning as a modifier, such as "Exhausted from the match,..."
What is a Participial Phrase?
Identify the function of the italicized clause in this sentence: "We left the party because the music was too loud."
What is an Adverbial Clause (of Reason)?
The functional type of sentence that expresses strong emotion and ends with an exclamation mark.
What is an Exclamatory Sentence?