Parts of Speech
Adjective
What is a describing word?
OR
What is a word that describes a noun?
Stanza
What is a group of lines, similar to a paragraph?
Inhale
What is to breathe in?
What subject did Ms. P teach before ELA?
Art
Character
What is WHO the story is about?
Noun
What is a person, place or thing?
Speaker
What is the narrator of the Poem?
Corridor
What is a narrow (skinny, tight) pathway?
What is Ms. P's favorite movie/movie character?
What is Shrek?
Setting
What is WHERE & WHEN the story takes place?
Verb
What is an action word?
Title of the poem we're reading in class
What is "A Poem for My Librarian, Mrs. Long"
Paperback vs. Hardcover
What is a book with a paper cover vs. a book that has a hard cover?
What is Ms. P's favorite drink?
What is Diet Coke?
Plot
What is the ORDER OF EVENTS that take place in a story?
Adverb
What is a word that describes a verb?
Ex: She ran QUICKLY.
SUBtitle of the poem we're reading in class
What is "you never know what troubled little girl needs a book"?
Situation
Elements of an event during a specific time and specific place
How old is Ms. P?
27
Conflict
What is the main STRUGGLE or PROBLEM that drives (or moves along) the plot?
Pronoun
What is a word that takes the place of a noun?
Example: THEY gave ME a bike last summer.
Cognate/Cognados
What are words that are spelled or that sound alike?
Resort
Last option you take after all other options have failed or disappeared
Ms. P's cat's names
What are Lilith and Bread?
Resolution
What is the SOLUTION to the conflict, usually at the end of the story?