READING
What do we call the most important idea in a story or text?
"The stars danced in the sky." What type of figurative language is this?
What is the first step in the writing process?
A: What is prewriting (or planning/brainstorming)?
What is a noun?
A: What is a word that names a person, place, or thing?
What is the difference between the author's purpose and the author's tone?
When you tell what happened in a story in your own words, you are doing this.
"She was as quiet as a mouse." This is an example of what?
When you write a paragraph, what should your first sentence do?
A: What is introduce the main idea (or topic sentence)?
In the sentence "She runs fast," what is the verb?
A: What is "runs"?
When a character changes or learns something important during a story, this is called ___.
BONUS 400
A: What is character development (or character change)?
This is information that the author directly tells you in the text.
A word that means almost the same thing as another word is called a ___.
A: What is a synonym?
This type of writing tells a story about something that happened.
A: What is narrative writing?
What punctuation mark comes at the end of a question?
A: What is a question mark?
A word that imitates the sound it represents, like "buzz" or "hiss," is called a ___.
BONUS 600
What do we call it when a reader uses clues from the text to figure out something the author didn't say directly?
BONUS: 800 POINTS
What is the opposite of a synonym?
A: What is an antonym?
What should you do after you finish writing your first draft?
A: What is revise and edit (or proofread)?
What is a phrase?
a small team of words that work together to add meaning to a sentence but cannot stand alone as a complete sentence
When a writer uses the same beginning sound in words close together, like "Peter picked a peck of pickled peppers," this is called ___.
BONUS 800
The feeling or mood that a story creates for the reader is called this.
Name of Ms. Costa's two cats
Millie and Benjamin
Q14: When you use someone else's words in your writing, you must give them credit. This is called ___.
A: What is citing your source?
Identify the adverb. My best friend sang beautifully in the school choir.
beautifully
This type of character stays the same throughout the story and doesn't change or learn anything new.
BONUS 1,000