Parts of Speech
What is a noun?
a person, place, thing, or idea
What is an onomatopoeia?
a sound in word form
the morale or lesson of the story
theme
What does Ms. Schubert have to have every morning?
coffee
What type of writing explains things?
informative/explanatory
What specific way are proper nouns written?
With a capital letter
She was shining as bright as the sun.
simile
what a passage is mostly about
central idea/main idea
How many years has Ms. Schubert been teaching?
9 years
What type of plan should you use for argumentative writing?
pro/con list
What is the job of an adjective?
To describe a noun
It took me 6 hours to get my math homework done.
hyperbole
used to support your answer
text evidence
What's Ms. Schubert's favorite candy?
Reese's
Information that is borrowed from a passage
text evidence
What is the job of an adverb?
To describe how a verb is done
(adds to the verb)
He is a teddy bear.
metaphor
what you do while you read a passage
annotate
What is Ms. Schubert's favorite thing to do with her free time?
go to concerts or anything with live music
information that is taken from a text and not given credit
plagiarism
What do many adverbs end in?
-ly
It's raining cats and dogs.
idiom
use these to help you figure out what a word means
context clues
Ms. Schubert has a signed poster by which popular country music star?
Morgan Wallen
first step in any writing task
read the prompt