Parts of Speech
This part of speech is used to describe a noun, and can be a describer, a demonstrative, an article, or proper.
What is an adjective?
This punctuation point should go at the end of a declarative or imperative sentence.
What is a period?
In this short story, Madame Loisel discovers a terrible truth about a piece of jewelry she borrowed from a friend.
What is "The Necklace"?
This is used to compare two things using the word "like", "as", or "than".
What is a simile?
A story that takes place in the modern day and has events that could happen in real life.
What is realistic fiction/contemporary?
This part of speech conveys an action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
This punctuation mark is used to divide words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence.
What is a comma?
This character finds herself strangled at the hands of Victor's monster--and on her wedding night.
Who is Elizabeth?
This is when two things are compared without using the words "like", "as", or "than"--for example: it is an oven outside!
What is a metaphor?
A story that takes place in the past and often centers around significant historical events.
What is historical fiction?
This part of speech is word for a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
This punctuation mark goes before the letter "s" in a word showing ownership, or can be used to form a contraction.
What is an apostrophe?
In the Gift of the Magi, these two protagonists ironically purchase gifts for one another, only to find that they are unable to use them.
Who are Jim and Della?
This is when an author gives human characteristics to something that is nonhuman.
What is personification?
A story that involves make-believe or impossible elements, such as magic, monsters, or talking animals.
What is fantasy?
While an action verb is a verb that shows an action, this type of verb shows a state of being.
What is a linking verb?
These punctuation marks go around a piece of dialogue to demonstrate that a character is speaking.
What are quotation marks?
This Romeo and Juliet author wrote 38 plays during his lifetime.
Who is William Shakespeare?
This is when an author provides the reader with hints or clues about what will happen later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
A story that focuses on a puzzling or unusual situation or crime that must be solved by the characters.
What is mystery?
The name for a noun that is a specific person, place, or thing, starting with a capital letter.
What is a proper noun?
This punctuation mark is used to show emotion or volume in place of a period.
What is an exclamation point?
This Frankenstein author wrote the novel when she was just 15 years old.
Who is Mary Shelley?
This is when something that is the opposite of what the reader expects takes place in a story.
What is irony?
A story that takes place in the future and usually includes things such as advanced technology, aliens, or robots.
What is science fiction?