Parts of Speech
Word Parts
Poetic Techniques
Figurative Language
ELA Reading Skills
100

This type of word is a person, place, thing, or idea.

NOUN

100
Where is a suffix located on a word? Beginning, middle, or end?
End
100

This poetic technique repeats beginning consonant sounds in nearby words, like “wild winds whispered.”

Alliteration

100

What figurative language is found here: The flower was soft as silk. 

Simile

100

Name two text features that can be used to help the reader understand the expository/informational text. 

Title, subtitle, bold words, pictures, captions, maps, graphs, highlighted words

200
Where are you going? Which words in this sentence are VERBS?
are, going
200
True or False: All roots of words are words that can stand alone.
False- "hair-less" - hair is the root word that can stand alone "aud-ible" - aud is the root word that CANNOT stand along
200

What is the following Rhyme Scheme? 

School is fun

We go to War Time outside in the sun

I love to kick a ball

Tomorrow I will try not to fall!

AABB

200

What figurative language is found here: The clouds rolled in ominously. The sky looked angry. 

personification

200

What does it mean to make an inference when reading a text? 

Use your background knowledge and information from the text to make your best educated guess.

300
I am getting awfully hungry mom! What word in this sentence is an ADVERB?
Awfully
300
What is the meaning of the prefix: un-
Un- means NOT
300

This is the pattern of rhymes at the end of each line in a poem.

Rhyme scheme

300

What type of figurative language is an extreme exaggeration: 

hyperbole

300

Using context clues and word parts to help you, what part of speech is the following word: ominous The blackened sky appeared ominous and we all ran inside for cover.

Ominous is an adjective. Ominous is describing the sky, a noun, which makes this describing word an adjective.

400
I woke to an obnoxious sound outside my window. What part of speech is the word "obnoxious"?
ADJECTIVE
400

The suffix -ize turns nouns and adjectives into what part of speach? Example: Institution into Institutionalize.

Verb

400

This poetic element appeals to the five senses to help the reader picture the scene.

Imagery or sensory details

400

What is the literal meaning of the following figuative langague: My tongue is on fire after eating my spicy burrito. a.) my mouth is feeling hot b.) my tounge has caught on fire c.) I cannot eat spicy food

a.) my mouth is feeling hot

400

Using context clues what does the following word mean, incredulous? Sarah felt completely incredulous when she heard that Billy had finished the entire project in just one night; she shook her head and said, “There’s no way that’s true.”  


Doubtful and unable to believe

500
This type of noun is special and requires a capital letter.
What is a proper noun.
500

The suffix -ous turns a noun into what part of speach? Example: Adventure into Adventurous

Adjective

500

This is a group of lines in a poem, similar to a paragraph in writing.

Stanza

500

Rewrite the sentence using a sound device such as Onomatopoeia: The thunder was loud and made me scared. 

Possible response: Boom, the thunder roared above me making my heart jump!

500

When reading a narrative, how would the audience identify the theme? 

Look at how the protagonist or antagonist deals with the conflict. Consider what the character(s) learned. 

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