Are You Smarter Than...?
If Olivia bumps her funny bone, what joint does she hit?
elbow
(can you believe that's a 1st grade question?)
What is missing from this sentence
a question mark?
What is the cubed root of eight?
OR
What is the cubed root of 8?
this one
What is the cubed root of eight?
What do we call the big point in any piece of writing?
main or central idea
This puzzle is driving me up the wall!
imperative/ declarative/ interrogative/ exclamatory
exclamatory
Dia de los Muertos is primarily celebrated in this country
What is Mexico?
True/ False:
The human shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint.
True
What punctuation mark is used to separate items in a series?
comma
His groundbreaking 1947 season included baseballs first Rookie of the Year award.
OR
His groundbreaking 1947 season included baseball's first Rookie of the Year award.
that one
His groundbreaking 1947 season included baseball's first Rookie of the Year award.
What is the literary term for the problem in a story?
conflict
I am beginning to understand different types of sentences.
imperative/ declarative/ interrogative/ exclamatory
declarative
Joe Vlasic expanded his creamery business to sell these in small jars in 1942.
What are pickles?
True/ False:
Neon is a metal.
False
What punctuation mark is used to set off a list in a sentence?
colon
:
North Korea, China, and Cuba all have this color on their flags.
OR
North Korea, China and Cuba all have this color on their flags.
this one
North Korea, China, and Cuba all have this color on their flags.
When an author uses words to appeal to your senses to create pictures in the mind of the reader, it's called…
What is imagery?
SURPRISE: She told the disciples of Jesus' resurrection; they didn't believe her at first.
Who is Mary Magdalene? DOUBLE POINTS
His groundbreaking 1947 season included baseball's first Rookie of the Year award.
Who is Jackie Robinson?
What is the preposition in this sentence?
Man has walked on the moon.
on
What is needed in this sentence? My class is on the ninth grade hallway.
hyphen; ninth-grade
She told the disciples of Jesus resurrection; they didn't believe her at first.
OR
She told the disciples of Jesus' resurrection; they didn't believe her at first.
that one
She told the disciples of Jesus' resurrection; they didn't believe her at first.
What is THE Message an author is trying to convey through a story or a poem?
theme
Think it through.
imperative/ declarative/ interrogative/ exclamatory
imperative
To worry about something, or a group of young birds
What is brood?
What is the most abundant element in the universe?
hydrogen
True/ False:
Semicolons can be used to connect an independent clause to a dependent clause
False,
only joins independent clauses
This type of hummingbirds is the smallest.
OR
This type of hummingbirds are the smallest.
this one
This type of hummingbirds is the smallest.
The feeling created in a reader by the author's choices in a story?
What is mood?
The most often used type of sentence is imperative.
imperative/ declarative/ interrogative/ exclamatory
declarative
What is the cubed root of 8?
2
How many multiples of 8 fall between 14 and 25?
2
(16 and 24)
Why are quotation marks used in this sentence?
Dr. White is the "bomb."
to note a word used in a special way, different from its normal meaning
The human shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint.
OR
The human shoulder is a ball and socket joint.
this one
The human shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint.
SURPRISE: In 2015, this state with only 1.4 million residents had about 8.6 million tourists
What is Hawaii?
DOUBLE POINTS
What are the things that every sentence has to have?
imperative/ declarative/ interrogative/ exclamatory
interrogative
North Korea, China, and Cuba all have this color on their flags
What is red?