Parts of Speech
These words express actions.
What are verbs?
Using this tense tells us something will happen later.
What is the future tense?
This type of writing seeks to persuade the reader to see the writer's side of an argument.
What is an argumentative/persuasive piece?
This literary device compares two seemingly very different things using the words 'like' or 'as'.
What is a simile?
Jared requests that students should always bring this device to class - even if they don't use it.
What is a laptop?
These words all name something.
This tense tells us something has already happened.
What is the past tense?
This type of writing usually, but not always, has a rhythm and words that rhyme.
This literary device is an attempt to describe a sound with a word that resembles that sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
What are mood and tone?
If you need something described, these words are the way to go.
What are adjectives?
This tense tells us something is happening now.
What is the present tense?
This type of writing seeks to give the reader information.
What is informative writing?
This literary device uses repeating the same letter at the beginning of each word in a string of words.
What is alliteration?
What is the setting?
When you use this part of speech, it needs to be capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
This tense tells us something began in the past and is still happening now.
What is the present perfect continuous?
This broad genre of writing includes, fantasy, and sci-fi.
This literary device uses comparisons to help readers understand the author's meaning. It includes similes.
Jared lets the students use these, but usually has to chase David to give his back at the end of class.
What are colored pens?
This indicates something belongs to someone; but, we don't want to use their actual name.
What is a posessive pronoun?
This tense tells us something began in the past, is still happening in the present, and will continue to be happening in the future.
What is the future perfect continuous tense?
This writing purpose includes funny stories, interesting stories, jokes, and anything a person might read when they have spare time.
What is writing to entertain?
This literary device does not make sense if you take it literally when you read it. Understanding it often needs for the reader to be from the same region, or culture as the writer.
What is an idiom?
This method of persuasive writing needs at least 5 paragraphs - and three of those should have arguments supported by evidence. It's also a yummy cookie that no one older than 5 should eat.
What is OREO?