1st Grade
What is the term for a word that is similar in meaning to another word?
Synonym
Does the word "bone" have a long or short vowel sound?
Long
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called a what?
Narrator
What is the main character of a story called?
A protagonist
What word means to radiate? Spin, kill, or glow?
Glow
What is the past tense of run?
Ran
What are the five interrogative or "question" words?
Who, what, when, where, why
The main series of events in a story is called a what?
Plot
Is this sentence about permission or ability?
"Can you play the drums?"
Ability (May I play the drums would be asking for permission)
The figurative language in this sentence called?
"He has a heart of gold."
Metaphor
What country did Mexico gain its independence from in the 1800's?
Spain
The ocean is made of what kind of water?
Saltwater
What do you call the part of the story with all the action or the big twist?
Climax
What point of view is this sentence written in?
They went to the store.
Third person
A grouping of lines within a poem is called what?
A stanza
I work on a building (sight) (site) (cite).
Site
What tense is a sentence that describes something happening right now?
Present tense
What is the name of the pig in Charlotte's Web?
Wilbur
In what year did Abraham Lincoln issue the Emancipation Proclamation?
1863
What act did Britain impose on American colonists requiring taxes on various papers, documents, publications, and playing cards?
The Stamp Act
A caterpillar changes and grows into a what?
Butterfly
Earth is located in what galaxy?
The Milky Way.
What phenomenon might be felt on the surface when two tectonic plates rub against each other?
Earthquake
How long does it take for the moon to travel around the earth?
24 hours, one month, or 365 days
One month
What force pulls objects toward Earth's core?
Gravity