ELA 1
What is the main idea of a text?
What the text is mostly about
What is this called: ""
Quotation Marks
Fix this sentence
i to the store yesterday.
sentence needs a capital at the beginning and a verb
The little girl stood up for herself against the bullies in her class; she was as brave as a lion.
The sentence above is a type of figurative language.
Simile
After running five miles with my mom, I almost collapsed. What does the word collapsed mean?
A. I was noisy.
B. I was helpful.
C. I was very tired.
What is C - I was very tired.
Which point of view uses the words "I" to tell a story.
first-person
What is an action word?
verb
The prefix tri- means what
Three or 3
A rubric is a tool for writing.
True or False?
True
A rubric shows what is expected for a writing assignment and the corresponding score or grade.
Which step in the writing process is missing?
prewriting, drafting, revising, ________, publishing
editing
What is wrong with this sentence?
I am going to see that movie later today
there is no punctuation at the end
What word is a verb in the following sentence?
April danced her way down the hall.
danced
What are the two types of writing?
fiction and non-fiction
What part of speech is
surprisingly?
adverb
Opinion writing must include______________ to support the opinion.
evidence or reasons
What does theme mean?
The message or lesson of a story.
There are two main parts in a sentence they are the predicate and the________________.
subject
The text structure is this -
I can't find my dog. Let's look in the backyard to see if he's there.
a. compare and contrast
b. sequence or chronological
c. problem and solution
C. problem and solution
Adam was astonished when he walked into the cafeteria and saw all of the exciting decorations for the dance. What does astonished mean?
shocked or surpirsed
Is this the subject or predicate?
drove me to the store to get dinner
predicate
When you provide positive and helpful feedback to someone this is called_______________feedback.
constructive
The teacher initiated a new policy of giving no homework on weekends.
What does initiated mean (context clues)?
to cause to begin; start; originate
The plants were wilted and brown.
What is the subject of this sentence?
the plants
The metaphor" She's an angel" means...
that she is really nice; sweet; kind or well behaved
editing your writing includes:
punctuation and_______________
capitalization