Reading
The location and time of a story
What is the setting?
This part of an essay tells what the topic will be.
What is the introduction?
What is it called when you combine two words into one?
What is a contraction?
The young girl is working day and night to knit scarves to send as gifts for the soldiers. What a selfless person she is! What does selfless mean?
Someone who cares about others over themselves
A word opposite in meaning to another
What is an antonym?
This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.
What is the summary?
This is the action part of the sentence.
What is the verb?
The audience enjoyed the composer's new symphony. What does symphony mean?
Music
What is a group of words called in a poem?
What is a stanza?
When the story is told from an outside perspective, using words like "he" or "her"
What is third person?
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
Your plan looks good. It's time to implement it and see if works. What does the word implement mean?
Carry out the plan
This is the main message the author wants to convey in his/her story. This is the moral is the lesson that the writer wants you to learn from the story.
What is a theme?
When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using words like "I" or "me"
What is first person?
A person place or thing.
What is a noun?
When the Pilgrims landed in what is now Massachusetts, they were afraid that the Indians would attack them. However, the Indians that they encountered were a peaceful and generous tribe. What does encountered mean?
meet
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
What is a plot?
This is the last part of a paper that wraps it up. It is best to end this with an impact statement.
Used in writing to signify when a character is speaking, " ".
What are quotation marks?
My sister is a hypochondriac because she thinks she needs crutches for a bruised knee. What does hypochondriac mean?
a person who overreacts to medical issues