Vocabulary
A soft spongy feeling on the ground
squish
The setting of Brown Girl Dreaming is
New York City
a narrative written from the perspective of the author about their life
memoir
Which word in the sentence is a common noun: Stephanie went to the movies on Friday.
movies
A noun that does not physically exist in the real world
abstract noun
The antonym of feathery
heavy
What is the main thing readers learn about Odella?
That Odella is smart
From what point of view is Brown Girl Dreaming told?
First person point of view
Proper nouns should have this.
Capitalization
Which word is the proper noun in this sentence: The kids like to listen to James Brown on the weekend.
James Brown
a librarian might do this in a library
shushes
What does Woodson's mother bring home in the poem "another way"?
board games
the type of writing that uses sentences and paragraphs
prose
What does a possessive noun show?
ownership of something
How does Uncle Robert feel about Woodson's stories?
He enjoys them.
Your little sister is humming at the table. Which of your senses is attracted?
hearing
What is something the author does often in the poems?
She makes up lies.
How does the author break standard language rules?
She uses italics to show dialogue instead of quotation marks.
Where should the apostrophe go in this phrase: children___ books.
children's
What do you call details that attract your senses?
sensory details
If John says that the snowflakes are feathery, what does she mean?
The snowflakes are soft and light.
What is the best way to describe Woodson in the text?
She has a lively imagination.
It is made up of poems.
Change this sentence so that it uses the correct possessive noun: The boy borrowed his friends sweater.
friend's sweater
What word in the sentence shows onomatopoeia: The dice clattered onto the tabletop.
clattered