Grammar
What is a verb?
Example: I went running
An action
What is a hyperbole?
Example: I have told you a million times
Extreme exaggeration
What is the meaning of Theme?
Hint: Something describing the story shortly
The core message in the story/the meaning of the story
What does prefix mean?
Hint: re-try
A group of letters added to the start of a word to create a new one
What is a noun?
Example: Micheal Jordan
A person, place, thing, or idea
What is a connotation?
Example: My little brother is so childish
The emotional meaning of a word
What does POV/point of view mean?
Example: I,You,Self
First, second, or third person, determines who is telling the story
I think there is going to be a storm later today because of the clouds in the sky.
Hint: What literary device is this?
Foreshadowing
What is an adverb?
Example: I ran fast
A word that modifies verbs
What is personification?
Example: The tree walked away
Giving an object human traits
What does a simile mean?
Hint: As fast as a cheetah
Comparing 2 thing or more using like or as
What does affix mean?
Hint: Re-action
Added to the root of a word to create a new one
What is an adjective?
Example: The house is blue
Describes an noun or pronoun
What does denotation mean?
Example: Snake; A long, legless reptile
The dictionary or literal meaning of a word
What does a metaphor mean?
Example: Life is a roller coaster
Comparing 2 things or more without using like or as
What is a suffix?
Hint: Disolve-able
Added to the end of a word to create a new one
johnny, ateed, a, Banana, with, Strewbarries.
What is wrong?
Ateed and strewberries, commas misplaced, banana and strewberries are capitalized, Johnny is not capitalized.
What does Alliteration mean?
Example: Sally Sold Seashells by the Sea Shore
The repetition of the same consonant sound at the beginning of closely connected words
The flower smelt just like a dump truck.
Hint: What is this literary device?
A simile
What does foreshadowing mean?
Hint: This will happen later
Giving hints about what will happen later in the story