Adjective Types
What does an adjective modify?
Nouns and pronouns!
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Which character type is missing from this list?
Round, Static, Flat, ...?
Dynamic!
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What does an adverb modify?
Verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs!
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What 2 things do prepositional phrases act as?
adjectives or adverbs
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What pronouns does the 2nd person P.O.V. use?
you, your, yours
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Identify the adjectives in the following sentence:
The red balloon is shiny, and I bought it for my friend.
The, red, shiny, my
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What would a character be considered if they were not very described or complex, and they stay the same throughout the story?
a. Static and Dynamic
b. Dynamic and Round
c. Flat and Dynamic
d. Flat and Static
d. Flat and Static
What question corresponds to an adverb of "frequency"?
a. How?
b. How often?
c. Where?
d. When?
b. How often?
Identify all prepositional phrases in the following sentence:
In the morning, I brush my teeth at the sink, and at night I brush my teeth on the couch.
In the morning
at the sink
at night
on the couch
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What are the 3 types of 3rd person point of view?
objective
limited
omniscient
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Identify the descriptive and demonstrative adjectives in the following sentence:
The swan swam gracefully across my little, green pond, and I have never seen anything more beautiful than this sight.
little
green
beautiful
this
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Describe what it means for a character to be "flat":
They are one-dimensional and not very described in the story. (typically the more minor characters)
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Identify the adverb in the following sentence:
If anything goes wrong, someone must be blamed.
wrong
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What type of prepositional phrase is italicized in the following sentence?
They were reading their books in the sun.
adverbial
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What type of P.O.V. is told from the perspective of the narrator being outside the story and knowing 2+ of the characters' thoughts and feelings?
3rd person omniscient
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Identify the sentence with a comparative adjective:
a. She went to the larger store to find her favorite pair of shoes.
b. I am the tallest student in my class.
c. Walking to school, I saw a gigantic bumblebee sitting on a branch.
a. She went to the larger store to find her favorite pair of shoes.
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What type(s) of character do main characters tend to be?
dynamic and round
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What type of adverb are the following:
a. not
b. occasionally
c. swiftly
d. here
a. negation
b. frequency
c. manner
d. place
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Identify the sentence(s) with the adjectival prepositional phrase:
a. Joining the military was her biggest life goal.
b. You should get the muffin with chocolate chips!
c. We have class in the room with no A/C.
b.
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c.
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What Point of View is typically used for the choose-your-own-adventure stories?
2nd person POV
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Name the 4 demonstrative adjectives and the 3 interrogative adjectives:
this, that, these, those
whose, which, what
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3rd person omniscient
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Identify the sentence(s) with an adverb of time:
a. In the morning, we will be going to Denver!
b. Yesterday, I asked my friend if I could come to her house.
c. Sometimes I wonder what I should do when I grow up.
b. Yesterday, I asked my friend if I could come to her house.
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Identify the sentence(s) with an adverbial prep. phrase:
a. At school, I get overwhelmed, but then I ask my friends for help.
b. I walked my dog over to my neighbor's house to play with their dog.
c. I love to swim, but I do not like the feeling of my clothes being wet.
a
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b
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What point of view is most likely to get us in the mindset/perspective of a character in the story?
1st person!
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