Parts of Speech: Nouns
Parts of Speech: Verbs and Adjectives
Theme
Point of View
Essay Format
100

A noun tells these three things.

What is a person, place, or thing?
100

This tells the action of the noun.

What is a verb?
100

This tells the lesson or moral of the story.

What is theme?
100

This point of view uses the pronoun "you."

What is second person?
100

The very first paragraph of an essay is called this.

What is the introduction?
200

This type of noun is a general name of for a noun, instead of a specific name. For example, drink is this type of noun instead of Sprite.

What is a common noun?

200

This tells which kind or how many of a noun.

What is an adjective?

200

This is the theme of the story of the "Tortoise and the Hare."

What is slow and steady wins the race?

200

This point of view uses the pronouns I, me, we, us, our, my.

What is first person?

200

The very last paragraph of an essay is called this.

What is the conclusion?
300

This type of noun has to be capitalized, as it is a specific name for something.

What is a proper noun?

300

Pray, dance, draw, write, sing, play, etc. are examples of this part of speech.

What is a verb?

300

This is the theme of the story, "The Little Engine that Could."

What is to not give up, keep trying?

300
This point of view uses the pronouns he, she, they, it, him, her, them.

What is third person point of view?

300

These paragraphs, generally more than one, are in the middle of the essay, and they have the bulk of the information.

What are body paragraphs?

400

This type of noun is one that can be conveyed (identified) through the five senses.

What is a concrete noun?

400
Happy, green, four, nervous, several, few, etc. are examples of these.

What is an adjective?

400
This is the theme of story of "The Three Little Pigs."

What is to take your time to do something right?

400

An autobiography is written in this point of view.

What is first person?

400

This is located in the first sentence of a paragraph and tells what the paragraph is about.

What is main idea?

500

This type of noun is an idea, and cannot be conveyed through the five senses.

What is an abstract noun?

500

These are the three articles used as adjectives.

What is a, an, the?
500

This is the theme for the following passage.

Sarah was new to the school and she didn't know anyone. Pat saw Sarah sitting alone at lunch and felt sorry for her. He went over to Sarah's table and talked with her during lunch. From that day forward, they have been best friends.

What is friendship, being kind?

500
A biography is written in this point of view.

What is third person?

500

This is what is used in the beginning of an essay to grab that reader's attention.

What is a "hook?"