Parts of Speech
This part of speech represents people, places, things, or ideas
What is a noun?
Identify the simple subject:
Gold melts at 1064 degrees Celsius
The name of the protagonist in the short story By the Waters of Babylon?
Who is John?
The narrator of the outsiders has this unusual name.
What is Ponyboy?
This writing trait can be considered the most important trait, without which a writing has no central concept.
What is the Ideas trait
This part of speech serves as the action or actions in a sentence
What is a verb?
Identify the simple predicate:
Mr. Morton was the subject of the sentence.
What is "was"
What is first person perspective?
The name of this gang in the novel sounds like an article of clothing.
Who are the Socs?
This trait serves as a roadmap for the audience, helping audiences follow the information in an orderly fashion
Identify the underlined part of speech:
How easily can you jump over tall obstacles?
What is and adjective?
Identify the complete subject:
The talkative teacher, Mr. Barnstable, had had too much coffee that morning.
What is "The talkative teacher, Mr. Barnstable"
This poet is the author of By the Waters of Babylon
Who is Stephen Vincent Benet
This character is the most timid of the Greasers, owing to him living a really hard life.
Who is Johnny?
This trait serves as the personality trait, allowing audiences to connect with the author.
What is the Voice trait.
Identify the underlined part of speech:
In order to answer this question correctly, pay attention to what is being described.
What is an adverb
Identify the complete predicate:
The ball bounced quickly down the hall.
What is: "bounced quickly down the hall"
This war was being waged when By the Waters of Babylon was written.
What is WWII
Often the two gangs in this story fight for completely superficial reasons, attacking one another simply because of the way the other side looks. This represents this theme the best.
What is Social Conflict and/or Prejudice
This trait is the grammar trait and is important so that the audience can understand the information. Without this trait, writing can seem like gibberish.
What is Conventions?
Identify the underlined part of speech:
We will be arriving through the west part of town.
Identify the complete subject:
Within steel and concrete vaults at Fort Knox lie bars of pure gold.
What is "bars of pure gold"
The setting in which By the Waters of Babylon takes place.
This full name of the author of The Outsiders was not used because publishers in the 1960s didn't think a woman could publish a "tough" novel.
Who is Susan Eloise Hinton
This trait is crucial for keeping the engagement of the reader, without which, the piece becomes too monotonous or boring.
What is Sentence Fluency?