Word Parts
What is the main part of a word that gives it its primary meaning?
Root (Example: Bio in biology)
What do we call words or expressions used in an imaginative way, not literally?
Figurative Language
What is checking and fixing capitalization, punctuation, spelling, and grammar in writing?
Editing (Example: Fixing a misspelled word during a final check)
What are words that appeal to the five senses (sight, sound, smell, taste, touch) to create a vivid picture?
Imagery (Example: The cold, crisp wind whistled through the trees)
What is the reason an author wrote a text (to persuade, inform, or entertain)?
Author's Purpose (Example: An article about solar power written to inform)
What is a word part added to the beginning of a root word that changes its meaning?
Prefix (Example: Un- in unhappy)
What is a comparison between two things using the words like or as?
Simile (Example: He was as quiet as a mouse)
What is improving writing by adding, removing, changing, or rearranging sentences and ideas?
Revising (Example: Adding descriptive details to make a story more exciting)
What are pictures or ideas you create in your mind while reading or listening?
Mental Images (Example: Visualizing a dark, spooky castle while reading a mystery)
What is the process of asking questions and searching for answers or information?
Inquiry (Example: Asking how plants turn sunlight into energy)
What is a word part added to the end of a root word that changes its meaning or part of speech?
Suffix (Example: -ful in playful)
What is a comparison between two unlike things saying one thing is another, without using like or as?
Metaphor (Example: Her warm smile was sunshine on a cloudy day)
What are two simple sentences joined together by a comma and a conjunction (like and, but, or so)?
Compound Sentence (Example: I wanted to go outside, but it started to rain)
What tools are used by writers (especially poets) to create sound patterns, like rhyme or alliteration?
Sound Device (Example: Repeating "s" sounds in "Softly slithering snake")
What are facts, details, or quotes taken directly from a passage to support an answer or idea?
Text Evidence (Example: Quoting line 4 to prove a character was frightened)
In the word "playful", -ful is an example of what type of word part?
Suffix
What is an expression whose meaning is different from the literal meaning of the individual words?
Idiom (Example: "Piece of cake" means something is very easy)
What do we call the specific words an author selects to make writing clear, interesting, and precise?
Word Choice (Example: Using "sprinted" instead of "ran")
The repeating "s" sounds in "Softly slithering snake" is an example of what type of writer's tool?
Sound Device
What is the unique personality and tone expressed by the author or narrator in a piece of writing?
Voice (Example: A humorous and cheerful tone in a story)