Reading 5th Grade
The location and time of a story
What is the setting?
BONUS + 300 This part of an essay tells what the topic will be.
What is the introduction?
To use strong exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
I love going to baseball games they are so much fun.
The incorrect sentence above is an example of this type of sentence.
What is a run-on sentence?
BONUS + 500 A comparison using like or as
What is a simile?
Story element that introduces the setting and characters
What is the exposition?
This is a short version of the story that includes just the important details.
What is the summary?
"The bright orange walls screamed at her as she walked into the room." is an example of what type of figurative language?
What is personification?
BONUS + 300 This is the action part of the sentence.
What is the predicate/ verb?
Something that can be proven or supported with evidence and data.
Fact
BONUS +500 What do you call a part of the book with titles and pages of where to find them?
Table of Contents
What is the difference between a common noun and a proper noun?
Proper noun is capitalized; proper noun is a specific name of a person place or thing
DOUBLE SCORE It's raining cats and dogs.
This is an example of what type of figurative language?
Idiom
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective?
TRUE OR FALSE: We would find the word 'calculate' in the dictionary between courageous and cyst.
FALSE
TRIPLE SCORE What the story is mainly about?
Central or Main idea
YES OR NO: Is the following word spelled correctly?
PLUMMER
NO. It should be spelled PLUMBER.
TRIPLE SCORE To describe how things are alike and how they are different
What is compare and contrast?
A person place or thing.
What is a noun?
The main idea that an information text is written about
What is the central idea?
the main events of a play, novel, movie, or similar work, devised and presented by the writer as an interrelated sequence.
What is a plot?
DOUBLE SCORE This is the last part of a paper that wraps it up. It is best to end this with an impact statement.
What is a conclusion?
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry!
Metaphor
When words sounds alike but have different meanings/spellings.
Homophone
DOUBLE SCORE Stories that explain natural events or religious beliefs and usually involve beings such as god and goddess.
What are myths?