Parts of Speech
What is a person, place, or thing?
Noun
What is alliteration?
Use of the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable in a line of verse.
What is a text?
The main body of a written work (as distinct from illustrations or footnotes etc.)
What is narrative?
Tells a story.
What is a plot?
The sequence of events in a story.
Use two different parts of speech in one sentence.
Possible answer: Alicia went in the store, and bought a Hershey cookies and cream bar.
What is onomatopoeia?
Is the use of words that sound like words they describe.
What are transitional words?
Word and phrases that bridge sentences and paragraphs by showing location, time, comparisons etc.
What is a citation
Reference info such as author name, full title of the work, publication year etc.
What is a theme?
The main idea of the story.
What is a conjunction?
A word used to connect clauses or sentences or to coordinate words in the same clause.
What is a metaphor?
Comparison not using like or as.
What is a reference source?
A book, magazine article, web site, or other credible information source used to research a report or project.
What is a writing prompt?
Gives definition and direction to the assigned topic. It can be as simple as a general idea, or complex enough to define the position of the thesis as well as the supporting paragraph.
What is a summary?
A simple retelling of something you just read.
What is the definition of the word preposition? Give an example.
A word used to show the relation of a noun or pronoun to another word. (Example)Over the moon.
What is hyperbole?
Extravagant exaggeration.
What is a clause?
A group of related words that contain both a subject and a verb.
What are root words?
The main part of the word that provides the words basic meaning.
What is a visual image?
Something you can picture in your mind.
What are the 8 parts of speech?
Noun, verb, adjective, pronoun, conjunction, adverb, preposition, and interjection.
What is a simile?
Comparison using like or as.
What is an oral presentation?
Delivering an address to a public audience.
What are affixes?
Parts added to the beginning (prefix) or end (suffix) of a root word to create new words.
What is a superlative adjective?
Compares three or more things-oldest, wisest, shortest.