Parts of Speech
This part of speech names a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun?
This connects words or groups of words.
👉 and, but, because
What is a conjunction?
This literary device repeats beginning sounds in words.
👉 “Silly snakes slither silently.”
What is alliteration?
This uses words that imitate sounds.
👉 “Buzz! Crash! Boom!”
What is onomatopoeia?
his is the perspective from which a story is told.
👉 first person, third person
What is point of view (POV)?
Use the sentence to figure out the meaning of the word arid:
👉 The desert was arid, with no water or plants anywhere.
What is dry?
This shows action or a state of being.
What is a verb?
This shows a relationship between a noun and another word.
👉 in, on, under
What is a preposition?
This compares two things using “like” or “as.”
👉 “She runs like the wind.”
What is a simile?
This gives human traits to animals or objects.
👉 “The sun smiled down on us.”
What is personification?
This is the lesson or message of a story.
What is the theme?
👉 She felt elated after winning the game.
What does elated mean?
What is very happy?
This describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
This shows strong feeling and often ends with an exclamation point!
👉 Wow! Oh no!
What is an interjection?
This compares two things WITHOUT using “like” or “as.”
👉 “Time is a thief.”
What is a metaphor?
This is when something represents a bigger idea.
👉 A dove representing peace
What is symbolism?
This is the main problem in a story.
What is the conflict?
👉 The puppy was timid. It hid behind the couch and avoided people.
What does timid mean?
What is shy or scared?
This describes a verb and often ends in -ly.
What is an adverb?
This type of noun names a specific person or place and is capitalized.
👉 California, Ms. Burgess
What is a proper noun?
This is a BIG exaggeration not meant to be taken literally.
👉 “I’ve told you a million times!”
What is hyperbole?
This literary device creates a strong mental picture using senses.
👉 “The icy wind stung my cheeks.”
What is imagery?
This is the most exciting part of the story where the problem is at its peak.
What is the climax?
👉 The teacher’s story was so monotonous that several students struggled to stay awake.
What does monotonous mean?
What is boring or repetitive?
This replaces a noun.
👉 he, she, they
What is a pronoun?
This is the name of a group of words that has a subject and a verb.
What is a sentence?
This uses descriptive language that helps you see, hear, or feel something.
👉 “The warm, buttery popcorn melted in my mouth.”
What is imagery?
This repeats beginning consonant sounds for effect.
👉 “Peter Piper picked a peck…”
What is alliteration?
This is when the narrator knows everything about all characters.
What is third-person omniscient POV?
👉 Even though the movie started slowly, the ending was so captivating that everyone sat in complete silence, unable to look away.
What does captivating mean?
What is very interesting or exciting (holds your attention)?