Parts of Speech
Literary Elements
Poetry
Punctuation
Fun Stuff about Mrs. Koning
100
this is a person, place, or thing
What is a noun? 
100
The people or animals in a story

What are characters? 

100

This is what these word pairs do: sat and cat, hen and pen

What is rhyme? 

100

This normally goes at the end of a sentence.

What is a period? 

100

This is Mrs. Koning's favorite restaurant. 

What is Longhorn Steakhouse? 

200

This is an action word. 

What is a verb? 

200

This is the place in a story. 

What is the setting? 

200

This is the name for a word that resembles the sound it makes. Example-- "buzz" "bam" "splash" 

What is onomatopoeia? 

200

This normally goes at the end of a question. 

What is a question mark? 

200

Mrs. Koning has this type of pet. 

What is a cat? 

300

This word describes something. 

What is an adjective? 

300

This is what happens in the story. 

What is the plot? 

300

This is the name for alike consonant sounds in poetry. 

"Betty's Bitter Butter" 

What is alliteration? 

300

This normally goes at the end of a sentence where you are giving a command or are excited

What is an exclamation point? 

300

One of Mrs. Koning's kids' names. 

What are Miles or India? 

400

This verb ending describes something that happened in the past. 

What is -ed? 

400

This is the lesson or moral of a story. 

What is the theme? 

400

This is when you have an animal or other thing that is not a person talk or do human-like things.

What is personification? 

400

This kind of punctuation comes during a list of items or after you write "Dear Mrs. Koning" in a letter. 

What is a comma? 

400
True or false-- this is Mrs. Koning's first year teaching at Richer School

What is true? 

500

This type of word describes a verb or describes an adjective. An example is "slowly."

What is an adverb?

500

This is another word for the problem in a story. 

What is the conflict? 

500

This is what you use when you describe something in a story or poem-- like with colors, size, or something with the 5 senses

What is imagery? 

500

These marks are used when there is a dialogue (people are talking) in writing. 

What are quotation marks? 

500

This is the job of Mrs. Koning's husband.

What is a teacher or band teacher?