6th Grade Vocabulary
What term is a color but also used to describe a sad person?
What is blue
The punctuation that ends a question
What is a question mark
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers is an example of...
What is alliteration
Correct the spelling...
Febuary
February
Name the author of A Christmas Carol.
Charles Dickens
Define simile.
What is comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
"Ouch! "Boom!" "Pow!" are all examples of what?
Onomatopoeia
WHAT IS A METAPHOR?
Direct comparison of things without using like or as
Correct the spelling...
persavere
persevere
Name one of the 5 features of a plot diagram.
Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution
What is a homophone?
What is a word that is pronounced like another word but has different meaning, spelling, or origin
What is the first sentence of a paragraph called?
What is a topic sentence
What point of view would an author use to talk directly to the audience?
What is second person point of view
Fix the error.
I told them to wash there hands.
their
Provide a sentence that uses personification correctly.
*varies*
What is a synonym for persuade?
What is any word that means getting someone to do something
A huge exaggeration
What is hyperbole
Fix the sentence...
The Johnsons are going on a trip to canada. The Johnson's car broke down on their way.
Canada (proper nouns are capitalized)
Johnsons' (apostrophe after s because the car belonged to their family, not just one Johnson).
Fix the error.
The water spilling over was the affect of the children horse-playing.
effect
What is the term for words such as radar, kayak, and racecar?
They are palindromes.
Define definite.
What is having defined limits or certainty
A synonym of a book
What is a novel
What does FANBOYS stand for?
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
What is the correct spelling of exaust?
exhaust
"On the table," or "under the mistletoe" are examples of what part of speech?
prepositional phrases