Parts of Speech
Word Parts
Vocabulary 1
Figurative Language
ELA Reading Skills
100
This type of word is a person, place, thing, or idea.
NOUN
100
Where is a suffix located on a word? Beginning, middle, or end?
End
100

Which word matches this definition? - a place or position a.) location b.) dislocate c.) temporary

a.) location

100
Read the sentence. Tell what figurative language is found here. The flower was soft as silk. a.) simile b.) personification c.) hyperbole
Simile
100

What is it called when the author interrupts the action to tell you about a memory?

Memory moment

200

Where are you going? Which words in this sentence are VERBS?

are, going

200

True or False: All roots of words are words that can stand alone.

False- "hair-less" - hair is the root word that can stand alone "aud-ible" - aud is the root word that CANNOT stand along

200

Which word matches this definition? arranged in the order of time that the events occurred or took place a.) residential b.) chronological c.) chronically

b.) chronological

200
Read the sentence. Tell what figurative language is found here. The clouds rolled in ominously. The sky looked angry. a.) metaphor b.) personification c.) hyperbole
b.) personification
200
What two things do you need to make an inference?
What is background knowledge and information from the text?
300
I am getting awfully hungry mom! What word in this sentence is an ADVERB?
Awfully
300
What is the meaning of the prefix: un-
Un- means NOT
300
Which word matches this definition? To consume destructively a.) crevices b.) devour c.) adaptation
b.) devour
300
The salsa was so hot, my tongue began to melt. a.) simile b.) onomatopeia c.) hyperbole
c.) hyperbole
300
Using context clues and word parts to help you, what part of speech is the following word: ominous The blackened sky appeared ominous and we all ran inside for cover.
Ominous is an adjective. Ominous is describing the sky, a noun, which makes this describing word an adjective.
400
I woke to an obnoxious sound outside my window. What part of speech is the word "obnoxious"?
ADJECTIVE
400

What is the meaning of the suffix: -able/ible Examples: washable, reversible

-able/ible means can be done

400

Which word matches this definition? happening or beginning now or in recent times a.) temporary b.) allocate c.) contemporary

c. ) contemporary

400
"Oh no....AH-CHOO! Sniffle, I need a tissue please." a.) onomatopoeia b.) idiom c.) personification
a.) onomatopoeia
400
What does it mean to "visualize" while you read? How can this help you understand a story?
Visualizing means to make a picture in your head. This helps to understand and remember a story because with focus, you can recall more details about a story that will carry on throughout the page, chapter, or book.
500
This type of noun is special and requires a capital letter.
What is a proper noun.
500
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
500
Which word matches this definition? To move along heavily or clumsily a.) whiffling b.) galumphing c.) gyre
b.) galumphing
500

Read the sentence. Tell what figurative language is found here. "Laughter is the best medicine." a.) personification b.) metaphor c.) hyperbole

b.) metaphor

500

I picked up a woozle and turned it around. It was slippery, wiggly, and goopidy goopy. What part of speech is a "woozle"? How do you know?

Woozle is a nonsense word used as a NOUN. Nouns have an article (a, an, the) before it and the sentence states that it can be touched and manipulated. For these reasons, I know it's a noun.

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