Grammar Grab Bag
This part of speech names a person, place, thing, or idea.
A Noun
This is what you call the most important point an author wants you to understand.
Central Idea or Main idea
What is the time and place of a story?
Setting
The author’s attitude toward the subject — such as serious, humorous, or sarcastic — is called this.
Tone
If you don’t know an answer, you should first eliminate these kinds of answers.
The Wrong Answers
A word that connects words, phrases, or clauses. (Hint: and, but, or are examples!)
Conjunction
These details support the main idea by giving examples, facts, or explanations.
Supporting Details or Key Details
The main character in a story often the 'hero"
The Protagonist
The feeling a reader gets from a text — like happy, tense, or sad — is called this.
Mood
When a question asks you to find the meaning of an unfamiliar word, you should use this type of clue in the sentence.
Context Clues
A sentence that contains one independent clause and one dependent clause is called this type of sentence.
Complex Sentence
When you make an educated guess based on clues in the text and what you already know, you are doing this.
Inference
The struggle between opposing forces, like a character vs nature
Conflict
When an author gives human qualities to an object, animal, or idea, they are using this type of figurative language.
Personification
True or False: You should read the questions before you read the passage.
True
This punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list or combine two independent clauses with a conjunction.
Comma
This is a brief retelling of the key points from a text — without opinions or small details.
Summarizing
The message or lesson an author wants readers to take away from a story.
Theme
If a text compares two unlike things without using "like" or "as," it’s using this literary device.
Metaphor
If a question asks you for evidence from the text, you should look for this to back up your answer.
Textual Evidence
This is the term for a verb that acts like a noun — usually ending in -ing.
gerund
If an author hints at something that will happen later in the story, they are using this technique.
Foreshadowing
When the narrator knows the thoughts and feelings of all characters, it’s this point of view.
3rd Person Omniscient
This is the text structure that explains a problem and offers a solution.
Problem and Solution
When you’re stuck between two answers, this is the best way to decide.
reread the passage and check which one matches the author’s purpose