Author's Purpose
Theme
Dictionary & Thesaurus
Connotation & Denotation
Multiple Meaning Words
100
This is an Author's purpose for writing an autobiography.
What is to inform?
100
This theme is commonly found in superhero movies. ______ is stronger than ________.
What is good is stronger than evil.
100
date n. 1. a particular day, month, and year 2. an oblong, fleshy fruit 3. a social engagement, usually romantic 4. a person with whom one has a social engagement [Write down the date of the wedding!] Which meaning does the word "date" have in the sentence? 1, 2, 3, or 4?
What is meaning 1.
100
Strange
What is negative connotation?
100
He was acting kind of funny. Which meaning is most appropriate for the word "funny"? A. Peculiar B. Comical C. Normal
What is A. Peculiar?
200
Writing an essay explaining reasons why children should be allowed to snack during class and attempting to sway the reader's opinion would be an example of a _________ essay.
What is persuasive?
200
The movie "Twister" mostly had what theme?
What is Man vs. Nature
200
This should be used to find definitions of words.
What is a dictionary?
200
Thrifty
What is positive connotation?
200
I told him to season the fish more. Which meaning is most appropriate for the word "season"? A. Line of TV shows B. Period of the year C. Flavorings
What is C. Flavorings?
300
A fictional novel has this type of author's purpose.
What is to entertain?
300
King Midas wished to be able to turn anything he touched into gold. He soon found out that his gift was a curse and being the richest king was no longer what he wanted. What is the overall theme of the story?
What is "Money isn't everything" "Riches aren't everything" "More important things in life than money" etc.
300
You can find synonyms and antonyms for words in this...
What is a thesaurus?
300
The denotation of a word is this...
What is definition?
300
Words that are spelled the same but have different meanings are called:
What is homographs?
400
These are often written to express emotion in the form of words.
What is a poem?
400
The overall lesson or moral of the story that the main character learns that can be generalized to all mankind or all of humanity.
What is Theme?
400
You can find all of the definitions, language of origin and this important element of each word in the Dictionary.
What is part of speech?
400
Scrawny
What is negative connotation?
400
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently are called...
What is homophones?
500
When a toy comes with assembly directions, the directions are written to ____________ how to put the toy together.
What is describe?
500
When the fox couldn't reach the grapes, he decided that the grapes were probably sour anyway and left. This is an example of this theme.
What is "it is easy to dislike something you can not have"
500
These are the words located at the top of each page that give a range of words that can be found on the page in dictionaries/thesauruses.
What are guide words?
500
The definition of Connotation is __________________.
What is the positive or negative feelings or emotions associated with a word?
500
The football team caused a lot of racket. Which is the closest meaning of racket? A. a tool in tennis B. A dishonest business C. a lot of noise
What is C. a lot of noise?
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