Reading 6th Grade
Making an educated guess about a text
What is an inference
The statement/assertion made in the introduction paragraph of a persuasive speech
What is the claim or your opinion
The type of figurative language that uses strong exaggeration
What is hyperbole?
What is the correct way to spell the plural of child
children
Who was the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean
Amelia Earhart
A word opposite in meaning to another
What is an antonym?
This type of writing is meant to convince your audience to see things from your perspective. Speeches, ads and commercials fall under this category
What is persuasive writing
"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?
When should you include a period in your writing?
When the thought, or idea is complete
Which country is Tasmania a part of?
Austrailia
The perspective from which a story is told
What is point of view
This type of writing can be fiction or non-fiction, but is usually written as a story that is told from in 1st person or 3rd person with characters, setting, plot
What is narrative writing?
The time or location where a story takes place
What is setting?
What is the plural of the word woman?
women
Pickles start out as what vegetable?
What is cucumber
This is the main message the author wants to convey in his/her story. This is the moral is the lesson that the writer wants you to learn from the story.
What is a theme?
When the story is told from the perspective of the narrator, using words like "I" or "me"
What is first person?
To describe how things are alike and how they are different
What is compare and contrast?
What is a describing word called?
Examples; beautiful, tall, creepy, blue
What is an adjective?
Who painted the Mona Lisa?
Leonardo Davinci
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?
This type of writing uses figurative language. Is usually short in length and includes techniques such as repetition.
What is a poetry
A group of words that mean something other than the literal meaning.
What is idiom?
What is the correct way to spell the plural form of "leaf"
leaves
How many bones do sharks have?
Closest team wins
Zero