Prefixes and Suffixes
Two words with the root word "happy" with a suffix or prefix
Happiness
Unhappy
Unhappiness
This short form of poem comes from Japan
Haiku
This is what we call the first line of a paragraph
Topic sentence
America became independent in this year
1776
This is the largest ocean on earth
The Pacific Ocean
The opposite of helpful
Unhelpful
This is one reason why people write poems (more than one answer)
-to tell a joke
-to express emotions
-for fun / because they're bored
-to tell stories
-to describe beautiful or interesting things
-other (Mr. Triolo will decide if answer is valid)
The minimum number of supporting details in a strong paragraph
Two
He was the first president of the US
George Washington
This body part is where you'd find your femur, the longest bone in the human body
Leg/thigh
This word with the root word "event" means that not much really happened
Uneventful
Normal total number of syllables in a haiku
17
Name one genre of fiction
Fantasy
Science fiction
Adventure
Literary
Horror
Young adult
Other (Mr. Triolo will decide if valid)
He united the Hawaiian islands in the 1800s
King Kamehameha I
This natural event happens when magma erupts from inside the Earth and can create new land
A volcanic eruption
The opposite of consistent
inconsistent
Name of one famous poet
Mr. Triolo will tell you if it's correct
Name one famous wizard from literature
Gandalf
Dumbledore
Other (Mr. Triolo will decide if valid)
The capital city of California
Sacramento
The process plants use to turn sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into food and oxygen
Photosynthesis
A word with root word "question" that means "so evident and obvious that it cannot be doubted or denied"
The writer who wrote "To be or not to be, that is the question..."
William Shakespeare
A book that is about the real world (history, science, pop culture) is called a ________ book. (The word has a prefix.)
Nonfiction
The country we now called "Turkey" was once called/part of the _________ Empire.
Ottoman
This ancient Egyptian writing system used pictures and symbols instead of letters to represent words and sounds.
Hieroglyphs
Hieroglyphics