A noun is a ____, _____, or ____.
person, place, thing
Fiction is _____ while non-fiction is ____.
fake, true
A paragraph contains how many sentences?
3-5
Singular means ___ and plural means ____.
1, more than 1
When we are comparing just two things, do we use the ending -er or -est?
What is a fact?
Something that can be proven true or false.
A complete sentence begins with _____.
A suffix comes at the ____ of a word.
End
What kind of sentence is an interrogative sentence?
First person point of view means the author is writing about _____.
themselves (I, Me, My)
A complete sentence ends with ____.
punctuation
What is a homophone?
Plural possessive form of the word bird.
birds'
When I see an unknown word, I can find the meaning by ______?
using context clues
using a dictionary or looking it up on the internet
Name at least 3 parts of the RACES writing strategy.
R- Restate the prompt
A- Answer the question
C- Cite evidence
E- Explain
S- Sum it up
Transition words help us tell the sequence of events in a story. Give an example of a transition word.
Then, Next, First, Finally, Last, Second, Third, After (+more)
Helping verbs tell us the ____ of the action verb.
Time
An author's purpose is their reason for writing a story. What are the three types of author's purpose? (Hint: Think PIE)
(PIE)
Persuade
Inform
Entertain
A complete sentence is a full thought with a subject and predicate. Where is the subject and where is the predicate?
Subject- beginning
predicate- end
On the PSSA tests, it is extremely important to _____.
TAKE YOUR TIME
CHECK YOUR WORK