Grammar
What is a noun?
Double points
Person, place, or thing
What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter
What does the suffix -s mean?
more than one
What is Mrs. Shryock's favorite candy?
Chocolate
What is a synonym for conflict?
Problem
What is a prefix?
a word part that goes at the beginning of a word
What is a noun ?
A person, place, thing.
What does the prefix re mean?
What is Mrs. Shryock's dogs names?
Jeter and Cruz
What is the author's purpose of a book about sharks?
Persuade, inform, entertain
Inform
What is a suffix?
A word part that goes at the end of a word
What is an adjective?
A word that describes something
The name of a book is called the __________.
Title
What is the name of our principal?
Mrs. Knight
What does sequence of events mean?
First, Second, Third
The order of events in a story
What is the past tense of hope?
hoped
What should always go at the end of a sentence?
Punctuation. (.!?)
What is the setting in a story?
Where the story takes place
When is the last day of school?
May 19th
What does non-fiction mean?
A story giving facts or is real
What is a verb?
An action word!
Period, question mark, and exclamation marks are known as _________ marks.
punctuation
What does text evidence mean?
Showing proof
How old is Mrs. Shryock?
26. You lose points if you say OLD ;)
What is the main idea of a text?
A sentence must have what two parts of speech?
Noun and verb
What is the subject of a sentence?
Who or what is doing the action
Author's purpose- what are the three reasons an author writes?
Persuade, inform, entertain
What is Mrs. Shryock's favorite color?
Pink!
What is a theme?
The moral or lesson of a story