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Grammar
Vocabulary
Literary Elements
Genres
Writing
100
Person, place, thing or idea.
What is a noun?
100
The "voice" that talks to the reader in poetry.
What is the speaker?
100
Comparison of two things by calling one thing another.
What is a metaphor?
100
It is made to scare you.
What is horror
100
An event from your life, written to answer a prompt.
What is a personal narrative?
200
Who or what the sentence is about.
What is the subject?
200
The order of events in a story.
What is plot?
200
Appeals to the readers five senses.
What is imagery?
200
Takes place during a past time period with made up characters or events.
What is historical fiction?
200
The biggest part of a story.
What is the main event?
300
Part of the sentence that explains the actions/state of the subject.
What is a predicate?
300
Time and place a story occurs.
What is setting?
300
Combine clues from text with prior knowledge.
What is inference?
300
Handed down from one generation to the next, usually by
What is traditional literature?
300
Answer, Cite, Explain.
What is the ACE method?
400
Essay with five sentences that can be expanded into a complete essay.
What is a kernel?
400
The problem in a story. The problem within a character. The problem between a character and an outside force.
What are conflict, internal conflict, and external conflict?
400
Meant to build suspense or anticipation.
What is the Rule of 3?
400
A story containing either futuristic technology, or takes place in the future.
What is science fiction?
400
Captures the readers attention. May be a question, statement, sound, etc.
What is an entertaining beginning?
500
Gives us the ability to talk and learn about language by using a common vocabulary, thus allowing us to become adept communicators.
What is grammar? (Or "Why is grammar important?")
500
The three most common types of point of view.
What are 1st person, 3rd person limited, and 3rd person omniscient?
500
The lesson and main point of the story.
What is theme and main idea?
500
Handed down from generation to generation, usually in the oral tradition.
What is traditional literature?
500
It is not simply written. It is rewritten.
What is good writing?