Vocabulary
This word means very dark or gloomy
What is murky?
HE and SHE are this part of speech.
What is PRONOUN?
Give an example of ONOMATOPOEIA.
What is KNOCK, KNOCK??
What is BUZZ?
What is SWOOSH?
This is the last name of the main character in TANGERINE.
What is FISHER?
Identify the mistakes in the following sentence.
"the family traveled to new york over summer vacation"
What is The, New York, period at the end?
This word means separated the part from the whole.
What is severed?
Identify the NOUNS in the following sentence:
The rain fell on my umbrella during the storm.
What are RAIN, UMBRELLA and STORM?
These are two elements of a SETTING.
What are TIME and PLACE?
These are Ponyboy's brothers in The Outsiders.
Who are DARRYL(DARRY) and SODAPOP?
Identify the FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE in the following sentence.
"The student was as busy as a bee."
What is a SIMILE?
This word means acting in a carefree or unconcerned manner.
What is nonchalantly?
Identify the VERBS in the following sentence:
Jack walked unsteadily to the stage and read his speech to the audience.
What are WALKED and READ?
Identify the mood in the following sentence:
"The old man scowled and grumbled to himself as he woke up early for work."
What is GRUMPY? ANNOYED? ANGRY?
This is the name of the place where Ponyboy and Johnny hid out after Bob's murder.
What is JAY MOUNTAIN?
The person who "says" a poem.
What is the SPEAKER?
What is wretched?
An ADVERB modifies this other part of speech.
What is a VERB?
Give the definition of THEME.
What is the LIFE LESSON , MESSAGE or MORAL of a story?
This person wrote the story A Christmas Carol.
Who is CHARLES DICKENS?
The place where Cap cremated Sam McGee.
What is an ABANDONED SHIP?
This word means asking urgently or begging to do something.
What is beseeching?
Identify the interjection in the following sentence:
"Hooray! There are only 2 1/2 days left of school!"
What is HOORAY?
Give the kind of FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE used in the following sentence.
"My mom has a heart of gold."
What is a METAPHOR?
This is Scrooge's fiancee's name.
Who is BELLE?
This is the main character's name in "The Scholarship Jacket"
What is MARTA or MARTHA?