Vocabulary
The literary term for a person, place or thing.
What is a noun?
What "fragile" might mean in the sentence, “The glass vase was very fragile and could break easily”.
What is "breaks easily"?
a genre that includes fictional stories about the future and technology.
What is science fiction?
A punctuation mark that ends a declarative sentence.
What is a period?
The time and place where a story takes place
What is the setting?
The literary term for an action word.
What is a verb?
What "enormous" might mean in the sentence “The enormous dog towered over the small puppy".
What is "Very Large"?
A type of text provides factual information.
What is non-fiction?
A punctuation mark that is used to show someone is speaking.
What are quotation marks?
The main character or hero of the story.
What is a protagonist?
The literary term for a descriptive word.
What is an adjective?
What "diligent" might mean in the sentence “The diligent student worked on her project for hours without getting distracted".
What is "hardworking or focused"?
A type of writing where something/ someone tells a story with characters, setting, and plot.
What is narrative?
A punctuation mark that is used to show excitement or frustration at the end of a sentence.
What is an exclamation mark?
The most exciting part of the story, or the tipping point.
What is the climax of a story?
The addition of letters that come after the root word ex. -ly, -ation
What is suffix
What "detest" might mean in the sentence, “She detested eating broccoli and would do anything to avoid it”.
What is "strong dislike or hatred"?
A type of text tries to convince the reader of a certain point of view.
Persuasive writing
A punctuation mark that is used to show possession or to form contractions, like in "Sara's book" or "can't."
What is an apostrophe?
When the author gives hints early on about what might happen later on in the book.
What is foreshadowing?
The literary term where there is typically an addition of the suffix -ly.
What is an adverb?
What "ominous" might mean in the sentence “The ominous clouds gathered, darkening the sky and sending everyone indoors".
What is "threatening or suggesting something bad will happen"?
A text that combines narrative with facts, often using real events and people surrounding a specific person's life.
What is a biography?
A punctuation that is used to join two related independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
The central idea or lesson in a story, often something the author wants the reader to learn.
What is the theme?