ELA
What is the central idea of a text?
What the text is mostly about
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
What does the Greek root aqua mean?
a. water
b. air
A. water
How many days are in a week?
7
What color is Mr. Wilson's phone
black
-uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story.
- is used primarily in what point of view?
Third-person point of view
What names a person, place, thing or idea?
nouns
The prefix bi- in bicycle means...
Two or 2
What is Mr. Wilson's favorite football team?
Pittsburgh Steelers
How many pets does Mr. Wilson have right now?
1 Dog.
What is wrong with this sentence?
the boy ran toward the building when he heard the noise.
the 't' in the beginning needs to be capitalized
What word is a verb in the following sentence?
Tony slithered quietly down the hallway.
slithered
What does the prefix 'un' mean?
(Unkind, untied, unbelievable)
not
How many days are in a leap year?
366
What is Mr. Wilson's favorite thing to drink?
Water!
What is the theme of this paragraph?
Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done and her mom did not punish her because she was truthful.
The theme is: Honesty
Emily is selective about what she eats. What does selective mean?
choosy; picky
The text structure what put events in order is know as ___________.
a. compare and contrast
b. sequence or chronological
c. problem and solution
b. sequence or chronological
What does the word " gingerly" mean?
cautiously; timidly
What movies have we watched in class this year?
What is hyperbole?
An exclamatory sentence ends with a/an....
Exclamation point
What is a simile?
A comparison using like or as
What literary technique is the phrase, "She's an angel"?
Metaphor.
What is Mr. Wilson's favorite genre of Music?
Heavy Metal