ELA ETC.
What genre is a story that is told with a historical setting with made up characters?
Historical Fiction
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
What does the Greek root aqua mean?
a. water
b. airA. water
How many days are in a week?
7
Details that help support a main idea are called____.
Supporting details
-uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- is told by someone who is not part of the story
Third-person point of view
What is an example of a verb?
run, skip, walk, jump, etc
Some of you are a decade old.
How long is a decade?
10 years
What is a root word?
a word that stands alone - with no prefixes or suffixes.
Bonus- Give an example of a root word then add a prefix or suffix to it
Identify the error in this sentence:
joey likes to swim, ride bikes and read books
The sentence should be:
Joey likes to swim, ride bikes, and read books.
What word is a verb in the following sentence?
Tony slithered quietly down the hallway.
slithered
If the root -ist means someone who is, what does the word artist mean?
Someone who is skill in art or one who makes art.
What vocabulary word from this year means beautiful, stylish, or pleasant to look at?
elegant
What does the simile " her heart was a big as gold" mean?
She was really nice.
An exclamatory sentence ends with a/an....
Exclamation point
Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing.
What does the word assumed mean?
suspected or guessed
If the root mono- means one, what does the word monotone mean?
one tone or one voice level
What does the prefix "pre" mean?
before
What is the theme of this paragraph?
Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished.
The theme is honesty
The text structure what put events in order is know as ___________.
a. compare and contrast
b. sequence or chronological
c. problem and solution
b. sequence or chronological
What conjunction would you need to blend the two sentences?
Jerry really likes candy. Jerry doesn't like ice cream.
but
What does the suffix -ful mean?
What is one of Mrs. Cherry's favorite K-pop group?
EXO
I was bending over backwards to please my new teacher. What does the idiom "bending over backwards" mean?
Really trying hard to please.