Writing
Parts of Speech
Figurative Language
Text Features
Misc.
100
What are three words to use in your writing instead of said.
commented, answered, shouted, mumbled, complained
100
Name all the parts of speech in the following sentence. Mary sat under the bright shining sun while eating ice cold watermelon.
Mary:Proper noun, sat: Verb, under: Preposition, the: Article, bright: Adjective, shining:Adjective, sun: Noun, while: Helping verb/verb, eating: Verb, ice: Adjective, cold:Adjective, watermelon:Noun
100
What is a simile?
A simile uses like or as to compare two or more things.
100
What does the glossary do to help the reader?
The glossary helps the reader understand words in the story that are hard to understand.
100
What is theme?
Theme is a lesson about life.
200
What are the two things in narrative writing to make the story more interesting.
dialogue, figurative language
200
What is an adjective?
An adjective describes the noun in a sentence.
200
What is similar with a simile and a metaphor?
They both compare two or more things.
200
How does a caption help the reader?
A caption tells what the picture in a story is about?
200
Fix the following sentence. sam got stung bye a bee,so she went inside the house?
Sam got stung by a bee, so she went inside the house.
300
What is a personal narrative?
A narrative is a story about yourself.
300
List all the verbs and prepositions in the sentence below. Sally ran under the table while Jamie hopped over the table to read her book.
Verbs: ran, hopped, read prepositions:under, over
300
What are the two things being compared in this metaphor? Lizzy's room was a zoo, before she cleaned it.
room, zoo
300
Why do authors put sub headings in the titles of the next paragraphs?
to show what the next section is going to be about.
300
What does a root word have?
suffix, affix, prefix
400
What are three different hooks to use in the beginning of the story?
question, fact, onomatopoeia
400
How many adjectives are in the sentence below? Bobby looked in his big, black freezer and took out a nice ice cold bowl of chocolaty, peanut butter ice cream.
six
400
What does the idiom its "raining cats and dogs" mean?
Its raining very hard.
400
What do time lines show?
dates plotted in order from smallest to greatest and visa versa.
400
What are all five text structures?
sequence, descriptive, problem and solution, compare and contrast, cause and effect
500
What should you not put in a informational piece of writing?
opinion, I
500
Write a sentence with three different prepositions in it.
The bird flew through the trees, over the mountain, and under the clouds.
500
Write an alliteration sentence using the sound /ch/.
Chelsea chose cherry chocolate chips.
500
What are diagrams used for?
to label/show the picture
500
Who is the goddess of harvest? Who is her daughter?
Demeter daughter:Persephone
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