Parts of speech
What is a noun?
Person, place, thing, animal, or idea.
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using like or as.
What is plot?
The sequence of events that take place in a story.
What are the four things we learned with character traits?
Thoughts, feelings, words, and actions.
What is first person point of view?
When the narrator acts as a character. Uses pronouns like I,ME, My, Myself, MIne. Can also know how the narrator feels throughout the story.
What is a preposition?
A connecting word that tells you where, when, or how something is in relation to something. (Shows Direction)
What is a metaphor?
Comparing two things that are not alike without using like or as.
What is the first thing that take place in plot on the roller coaster?
Exposition
What is main idea?
What the overall story is about.
WHen the narrator does not act as a character and is directly talking to the reader. Uses pronouns like you, yours, yourself.
What is a Pronoun?
a word that replaces a noun?
What is a hyperbole? (Give me an example)
extreme exaggeration
What comes second on the roller coaster that happens in plot?
Rising action
What is theme?
The overall message in a story. A lesson that is being taught.
What is third person point of view?
The narrator does not act as a character. The story is told from the outside. We do not know how the characters feel in third person.
What is a verb?
Something that shows action
What is personification? (give me an example)
Giving objects human qualities.
What comes after the rising action? Explain to me what is happening.
Climax. The most intense part of the story (the turning point).
What is firsthand account?
The narrator or characters were actually there and experienced what happened.
When is Ms. Morris Birthday
March 29
What is the prepositional phrase in this sentence.
The cat sat under the desk.
Under the desk.
What is an idiom? (give me an example)
Something we say but really don't mean
What is the last two events that happens in plot? Explain to me what each event is what or it does.
Falling action and resolution. Falling action is when the story settles. Resolution is when the problem is solved and the story is coming to an ending.
Ms. Morris class watched a movie called Harriet Tubman. Is this firsthand account or secondhand account?
Second hand because the director of this movie was not actually there when the Underground Railroad took place.
What is Ms. Morris favorite color?
Purple