Parts of Speech
This type of word modifies a verb or adjective.
What is an adverb?
This is where is a suffix located when added to a root word.
What is at the end of the root word?
This word matches this definition: The quality or feeling of being thankful. a.) gratitude b.) marvelous c.) exceptional
What is a) gratitude?
This type of figurative language is found in the following sentence: The flower was soft as silk. a.) simile b.) personification c.) hyperbole
What is a.) simile?
These are two of the three places to look in a passage in order to find the main idea of the passage.
What is the first sentence, the last sentence, and the title?
This type of word connects words, phrases, and clauses in a sentence.
What is a conjunction?
True or False: All roots of words are words that can stand alone.
What is false? "hair-less" - hair is the root word that can stand alone "aud-ible" - aud is the root word that CANNOT stand along
This word matches this definition: An area surrounded mostly by homes. a.) accustomed b.) resemble c.) residential
What is c.) residential
This type of figurative language is found in the following sentence: As clouds rolled in ominously, the sky looked angry. a.) metaphor b.) personification c.) hyperbole
What is b.) personification?
This is what is meant by making an inference about a passage.
What is a conclusion based on evidence or an educated guess from the passage?
This type of word expresses emotion and cannot stand alone in a sentence.
What is an interjection?
This is the meaning of the prefix bi-
What is two?
This word matches this definition: To consume destructively, a.) crevices b.) devour c.) adaptation
What is b.) devour?
This type of figurative language is found in the following sentence: The salsa was so hot, my tongue began to melt. a.) simile b.) onomatopeia c.) hyperbole
What is c.) hyperbole?
Using context clues and word parts to help you, this is the part of speech of the following word: ominous. The blackened sky appeared ominous and we all ran inside for cover.
What is an adjective? Ominous is describing the sky, a noun, which makes this describing word an adjective.
This type of word shows a relationship between words in a sentence, usually telling where or when.
What is a preposition?
This is the meaning of the suffix -ous. Examples: courageous, dangerous
What is full of?
This word matches this definition: stubbornly unyielding a.) relinquish b.) perpetual c.) persistent
What is c.) persistent?
This type of figurative language is found in the following sentence: "Oh no....AH-CHOO! Sniffle, I need a tissue please." a.) onomatopoeia b.) idiom c.) personification
What is a.) onomatopoeia?
Readers are using this strategy when they use past experience and information that they already know to help them understand a passage.
What is prior knowledge or background knowledge?
This is the part of speech of the word clumsily in the following sentence: "The puppy scampered clumsily towards the full food dish."
What is an adverb?
Identify the root, suffix, and prefix in the word below: biography
Prefix: bio (meaning life) Root: graph (meaning to write) Suffix: -y (means quality of)
This word matches this definition: calm and peaceful a.) serene b.) frenzied c.) easygoing
What is a.) serene?
This type of figurative language is found in the following sentence: "Could you please put a sock in it? I'm trying to focus!" a.) metaphor b.) idiom c.) hyperbole
What is b.) idiom?
This is the word for or strategy name for creating a mental picture of what you are reading.
What is visualizing?