An author's purpose might be to________, _________, or to _________________.
What is to persuade, to inform, to entertain?
100
The title of the article gives the _____________ of the article.
What is name?
100
Happy is to joyful as sad is to
What is depressed?
100
In the sentence, 'Use the pencil to write your name', The word in this sentence that is used as a pronoun is
What is your?
100
Agreeable, as used in the sentence, 'Dylan found a cold glass of milk and a cookie an agreeable bedtime snack'', means
What is pleasing?
200
Walking on the sand was difficult, but we trudged along as best we could. The definition of trudge is...
What is to walk slowly and with great effort?
200
The byline of the article tells who _____________ the article.
Who is the author?
200
Golden retriever is to dog as salmon is to
What is fish?
200
Tricia Ann asked Mama Francis, "May me go to Someplace Special today?"
What is change me to I?
200
Alter, as used in the sentence, 'He would alter the sentence in order to please his teacher', means
What is change?
300
The deer's initial reaction to danger was to stay still, but then it raced away. The definition of initial is...
What is first?
300
The _____________ is the short preview of the article.
What is the deck?
300
1) The drooping flowers are hoping for rain. 2) The soil is dry and brown. 3) Nothing had grown and the farmer wished for a few days of rain.
The sentence that best illustrates personification is
What is Sentence 1: 1) The drooping flowers are hoping for rain.
300
The boy asked 'Tricia Ann whether _____________ was coming in.
What is she?
300
Kind, as used in the sentence, 'The kind man shared his snack', means
What is caring?
400
The glossary of a book gives you...
What is an alphabetical list of important word definitions?
400
__________________ are subtitles that divide the article into different parts.
What are the Headings?
400
1)I purchased my dream car online with a click of a mouse. 2) It was a red corvette, bright and shiny. 3) I think I'll keep it in a garage.
The word from the passage that is an example of onomatopoeia is
What is click?
400
Their afraid of falling into the river because the log bridge is shaky.
What is change Their to They're?
400
It's is a contraction that means
What is it is?
500
The blacksmith sold his wares at the village market. The definition of wares is...
What is goods, or articles of merchandise?
500
You can define an unknown word by using ___________ ______________. These are the words around an unknown word that give you clues to the word's meaning.
What are context clues?
500
Look at the pair of homophones. Write one or two sentences that uses both correctly (answers vary).
affect / effect
What is:
The basketball player's injury will affect her game tonight.
One side effect of her medication is drowsiness.
500
Its dangerous to cross a shaky log bridge.
What is change its to it's?
500
The prefix and suffix in the word unconditionally means