Parts of Speech
Word Parts
Vocabulary 1
Figurative Language
ELA Reading Skills
100
Where are you going? Which words in this sentence are VERBS?
are, going
100
Where is a suffix located on a word? Beginning, middle, or end?
End
100
Which word matches this definition? An area surrounded mostly by homes a.) residential b.) resemble c.) accustomed
a.) residential
100
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
100
In order to find the main idea of a passage, you first must look here. (Name all three to pass, four to gain an extra 100 points.)
What is the first sentence, last sentence, and title. *BONUS: ____________________
200
I am getting awfully hungry mom! What word in this sentence is an ADVERB?
Awfully
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? To consume destructively a.) crevices b.) devour c.) adaptation
b.) devour
200
The salsa was so hot, my tongue began to melt. a.) simile b.) onomatopeia c.) hyperbole
c.) hyperbole
200
What two things do you need to make an inference?
What is background knowledge and information from the text?
300
I woke to an obnoxious sound outside my window. What part of speech is the word "obnoxious"?
ADJECTIVE
300
What is the meaning of the suffix: -ess Examples: actress, lioness
-ess means something is female
300
Which word matches this definition? Usual, by habit a.) resemble b.) gyre c.) accustomed
c. ) accustomed
300
"Oh no....AH-CHOO! Sniffle, I need a tissue please." a.) onomatopoeia b.) idiom c.) personification
a.) onomatopoeia
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

We left a day early, for the weather was not as clement as we had anticipated. What is the conjunction in this sentence?

For
400
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
400

Which word matches this definition? in keeping with good taste. A) conduct.  B) kingly.  C) decorous.  D) forebearing. 

C) Decorous

400
Read the sentence. Tell what figurative language is found here. "Could you please put a sock in it? I'm trying to focus!" a.) idiom b.) metaphor c.) hyperbole
a.) idiom
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

As the sheet anchor takes a firmer hold, when the ship is tossed by the storm, so did the cause of your ancestors as they faced persecution. What part of speech is "by"?

A preposition.

500

internet, interconnected, interrupt. What does the prefix "inter-" mean?

Between.

500
Which word matches this definition? To move along heavily or clumsily a.) whiffling b.) galumphing c.) gyre
b.) galumphing
500

Her controversial speech was met with deafening silence from the crowd. What example of figurative language is "deafening silence"?

Oxymoron

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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