Language Sentences
Language Nouns
Storytown Vocabulary
Reading and Writing
Biography
100

What are the two parts of every sentence?

Subject + Predicate (or naming part + telling part)

100

Is it a subject or object pronoun? THEM


object pronoun

100

Which Storytown vocabulary word means "a flat, solid sheet"?

board

100

What is the difference between an author and an illustrator?

An author writes the story, and an illustrator draws the pictures for the story.

100

You can call a person by their first name in a biography: True or False?

False (Only use their full (first + last) name OR just their last name!)

200

Give an example of a negative statement (sentence).

EX: I didn't do my homework today. (Must have "NOT" somewhere in the sentence.)

200

Give an example of a possessive noun.


EX: her, mother's, my, Bobby's


200

Which Storytown vocabulary word means "describing something that costs a lot of money"?

expensive

200

What does "setting" mean?

the place and time a story happens or takes place (or when and where)

200

Give an example of a detail that a biography can show.

EX: name, place, date, age, etc.

300

Give an example of a closed-ended question.

EX: Do you like mint chocolate chip ice cream? ("Yes" or "no" questions only)

300

Change ALL the nouns into pronouns: My friend Bo and I ate strawberries.

We ate them.

300

Which Storytown vocabulary word means "an action like running, swimming, or riding a bike"?

exercise

300

Which genre means "a true story"?

nonfiction 

300

Tell one similarity and one difference between a biography and an autobiography.

Similarity: They both tell the story of a person's life.

Difference: An autobiography is written about the AUTHOR's life, but a biography is written about a different person's life.

400

Tell if this is a compound subject, compound predicate, or a compound sentence: "I painted and drew pictures all afternoon on my day off."

Compound predicate (two actions/verbs but one subject)

400

Fix all the proper nouns in this sentence:

Hi, I'm lily, and I attend mijin elementary school, located in seoul, south korea.

Hi, I'm Lily, and I attend Mijin Elementary School, located in Seoul, South Korea.

400

What part of speech (kind of word: noun, adjective, verb, adverb, preposition, number) is the word "prove"?

verb

400

Tell 3 things that all paragraphs need.

Accept any 3 of these answers: an indent at the beginning (TAB), topic sentence, ending sentence, details, title...

400

Why does your biography report have 4 different paragraphs? What is each one about?

1. To tell about the person's early life or childhood

2. To tell about the person's first job and education

3. To tell about the person's main work or job

4. To tell about the person' death and importance later on

500

Turn these two simple sentences into ONE compound sentence: "I ran to the bus stop. I could not catch my school bus."

I ran to the bus stop, but I could not catch my school bus.

500

Give an example of a compound noun and tell what it means.

EX: doghouse = a house for a dog

500

Tell the definition (meaning) of "through."

to go into one side and out of the other side

500

What do "compare" and "contrast" mean?

Compare: to tell how two things are the same

Contrast: to tell how two things are different

500

What information does a Works Cited page have?

Where you got your information from -- the source or text or website you used.

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