This is the first two things I do when I get to a new writing story.
What is read it and then close my eyes and tell myself what the story was about quickly??
100
Cindy wathched her dogs chase the squirrel.
What is plural?
100
This is the plural form of man.
What is men?
100
This figurative language makes a comparison using like or as. Example: We ran as fast as a speeding bullet.
What is similie?
100
You know it is expository because it has this word in it.
What is EXPLAIN?
200
This is the first pencil mark I make on a story.
What is box in the title?
200
The singers/singer's agreed to dress in black.
What is singers?
200
This is the plural form of baby.
What is babies?
200
A figure of speech in which a comparison is made between two unlike things that actually have something in common. Example: He is a bear in the morning.
What is a metaphor?
200
Tell me about a special or important day in your life.
What is narrative?
300
I will always circle or underline ...
What are homophones, words I don't know, and words in italics?
300
Her family's/families guest house accommodates 20 people.
What is family's?
300
Change "y" to ______________________.
What is "i" and add "e-s"?
300
An exaggeration that is so dramatic that no one would believe the statement is true. Example: I tried it a thousand times!
What is a hyperbole?
300
Describe a person who is important to you.
What is expository?
400
I will put an ___, ____, or ____ on each sentence.
What is an X, ?, or check?
400
Three families/family's rented an oceanfront villa.
What is families?
400
Always add ____ to nouns ending in s, z, ch, sh, and x.
What is "e-s"?
400
A literary expression that is not meant to be taken literally. Example: Put your foot in your mouth.
What is an idiom?
400
This is the graphic organizer or prewrite you will use for your personal narrative - draw it.
What is the BEE?
500
In the story and in the answer choices I will always break apart __________________.
What is contractions?
500
After the triplets were born, our house was filled with baby's/babies' cries.
What is babies'?
500
He likes to sharpen his (knifes / knives).
What is knives?
500
A figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents. Example: buzz, slithered, pow, zap, fizz, hiss