Types of sentences
An example of this type of sentence is "Where are you going for vacation this year?" What do we call the type of sentence that asks a question?
Interrogative Sentence
Identify the complete predicate in the following sentence. The dogs are running around the yard.
are running around the yard.
This compound word defines a popular sport played on a court. The first part of the compound word probably originally referred to something in which peaches were carried; the second part refers to the object thrown in that first something. What is this compound word, a sport played by Jamal Mashburn and Kobe Bryant?
BASKETBALL
This portion of a story is sometimes called the denouement [day-noo-MAH] or the resolution. It occurs after a plot's falling action. In what part of a story are loose ends tied up and conflicts resolved?
CONCLUSION
This author tackles complex issues such as racism, terminal illness, and the Holocaust. She wrote four books that take place in the same universe including Son, Messenger, Gathering Blue and The Giver. What author wrote Number the Stars?
Lois Lowery
What punctuation mark should end this sentence: David, does this hat belong to you?
QUESTION MARK
This literary device is found in the sentence, "The thunder was a raging bull." Name this figure of speech that compares two things without using the words "like" or "as."
METAPHOR
How many words in the following sentence should be capitalized? Mars has two moons called Phobos and Deimos.
3
An example of this sound device is, "Big black bears buy better books." Which sound device consists of nearby words that begin with the same consonant sound?
ALLITERATION
This Caldecott-winning book is set in Prague in the 1580s. Its cut-paper illustrations show the title creature, Rabbi Loew's monster made of clay. What is this retelling of a Jewish legend by David Wisniewski [wiz-NESS-key]?
GOLEM
Like the exclamation point, this punctuation mark can also end an imperative sentence. Name this punctuation that always ends declarative sentences.
PERIOD (.)
In English, the three words that make up this part of speech are determiners. Give the part of speech of "the," "a," and "an."
ARTICLES
One word in this homophone pair means "to view" or "to look at." The other names a large body of salt water like the Mediterranean or Caribbean. What are these words' shared pronunciation?
SEE/SEA
Novels in this genre include The Invention of Hugo Cabret, Harriet the Spy, and The Westing Game. Many of Edgar Allan Poe's suspenseful short stories were of this type. What do we call a story with a crime or puzzle that might be solved by a detective?
MYSTERY
Different versions of this fable include a cat or two mastiff dogs. The title characters, who may be friends or cousins, eat a meal in a humble home before being scared out of an elegant dining room. In what fable does Aesop use rodents to teach, quote, "Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear"?
THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE
This type of poem may emphasize any letter from any part of a word. Typically, it uses the first letters of words to spell out another word or phrase. Give the name of this type of poem.
ACROSTIC (POEM)
In most cases, these paired punctuation marks can be replaced by commas without changing the sentence's meaning. They enclose information that isn't vital to a sentence. What are these vertical curves also used in some math problems?
PARENTHESIS
The Latin prefix "quad-" is found in words like "quadrant" and "quadrilateral." What does it mean in English?
FOUR 4
Works in this nonfiction genre were some of the earliest historical writings. Examples include Elizabeth Leads the Way: Elizabeth Cady Stanton and The Right to Vote and A Voice Named Aretha. Give the word for a story someone writes about another person's life.
BIOGRAPHY
This man included his poem "Short Song of the Hungry Bookworm" in his collection I've Lost My Hippopotamus. Like Ogden Nash, he relied on humor, and like Shel Silverstein, most of his poems have accompanying illustrations. Who wrote "If You Were a Rhinoceros" and "Be Glad Your Nose Is on Your Face"?
JACK PRELUTSKY
Correct the following sentence, if needed: Me and Tammy went to the movies.
TAMMY AND I WENT TO THE MOVIES.
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This sound device uses words that mimic the sounds of the objects or actions they reference. "Woof," "slurp," and "pop" are examples of what literary device?
ONOMATOPOEIA [ah-nuh-mah-tuh-PEE-uh]
Poems in this narrative genre may start in medias res [MAY-dee-ahs RAYS]--that is, in the middle of the action. They are long poems that feature larger than life heroes who go on quests or accomplish great things. Beowulf, The Odyssey and Paradise Lost are examples of what kind of poem?
EPIC or POEM
One story claims this man harnessed the Rio Grande to water his ranch. Other tall tales explain how he used a snake as a lasso, shot out almost all the stars, and grew up believing coyotes were his family. Name this cowboy associated with Slue-Foot Sue and the horse Widow Maker.
PECOS BILL
This author earned a Newbery Honor for his young adult novel Wringer. He won the Newbery Medal for a story of an orphan who befriends Earl Grayson, Mars Bar Thompson, and Amanda Beale. Identify the author of Maniac Magee.
JERRY SPINELLI