Author's Purpose
Genre
Parts of Speech
Word Meanings
Subject and Predicate
100
the author tells a personal of fictional story that is based on real or imaginary events
What is to entertain
100
a book written about someone's life where the author is the person the book is about
What is autobiography
100
person, place, or thing
What is noun
100
words that sound alike but are spelled differently and have different meanings
What are homophones
100
Choose the simple subject: The old man walked slowly down the road.
What is man
200
the author lets the readers know how he/she thinks about the subject or tries to talk the reader into thinking like the author thinks
What is to persuade
200
a book written about someone else's life. The author is someone different!
What is biography
200
the action of the sentence
What is verb
200
the letter or groups of letters put at the end of a word or part of a word
What is suffix
200
Choose the simple predicate: The elephant quickly took the peanut from the trainer.
What is took
300
the author gives information about a subject
What is to inform
300
usually written in stanzas...it sometimes rhymes
What is poetry
300
something that modifies a noun, ex. small, big, fast
What is adjective
300
words that have the same or almost the same meaning
What is synonyms
300
Choose the complete subject: He saw giants every place he traveled.
What is he
400
the author helps the reader understand a subject
What is to explain
400
something that actually happend
What is nonfiction
400
something that modifies a verb. ex- quickly, slowly
What is an adverb
400
words that have the opposite meaning
What are antonyms
400
Choose the complete predicate: The sheep liked to eat in the meadow.
What is liked to eat in the meadow
500
the author gives directions on how to do something
What is to teach
500
something that didn't actually happen
What is fiction
500
Wow! EEK! A word that usually comes at the beginning of a sentence to show expression or excitement.
What is interjection
500
the letter or group of letters put at the beginning of a base word
What is prefix
500
tell the definition of the simple subject in a sentence
What is "the who or what the sentence is about"
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