Seeing Double
ball, bawl
faze, phase
sweet, suite
Are all examples of what?
what is a homophone?
Name TWO non-fiction structures
What is :
Main idea, Cause/effect, chronological order, problem/solution, compare/contrast
What is the difference between mood and tone?
Mood is how the reader feels/reacts to a story. The tone is the attitude and emotion the author has.
What is a proper noun? How is it written?
The name of a person, place, or thing. It is always capitalized. (She went to Paris to visit Aunt Tessie.)
Why does the teacher wear sunglasses when she comes to the class?
What is the students are so bright
What is a homophone?
WORDS THAT SOUND THE SAME, BUT ARE SPELLED DIFFERENTLY
What is the most important sentence of your essay?
The THESIS!
What is a theme?
The moral, lesson that the reader should take away from the story.
What is a verb? Give an example in a sentence.
A verb is an action word that shows what the noun is doing or has done.
Where can you learn to make ice cream?
What is Sundae school
Gray or Grey?
WHAT IS Gray and grey are both common spellings of the color between black and white. Gray is more frequent in American English, whereas grey is more common in British English. The varying usage of both grey and gray extends to specialized terms such as animal species (gray/grey whale) and scientific terms (gray/grey matter).
In order to write an effective Expository essay, your supporting paragraphs must also include what?
What is examples and details
What is an inference?
An educated guess based on observations and prior knowledge.
A compound sentence is made of what parts?
Independent clause, comma, coordinating conjunction, independent clause.
What starts with "E" and ends with " E" but only has one letter in it?
What is an Envelope
Which is correct Cancelled or Canceled?
What is both
While both canceled and cancelled are acceptable for the past tense of cancel, the version with one L is more common in American English, while the version with two L's is more common in British English. American English typically only doubles the consonant when the stress is on the syllable attached to the suffix
"She flew like butterflies on a breeze." What is this an example of? What does that term mean?
Metaphor - comparison of two things.
How do you find author's purpose?
Think about what they are trying to convey to the audience. (Persuade? Facts? Entertain? -- What is their main point?)
A complex sentence is made of what parts?
Independent clause, subordinating conjunction, and a dependent clause.
I am in your eye. I am a school child. I am a word of five. What am I?
What is a pupil
What is the difference between Affect and Effect?
Effect is usually a noun meaning "a change that results when something is done
Affect is usually a verb meaning "to produce an effect upon
Why do authors use imagery?
To help the reader understand and make sense of what is occurring in the story.
In poetry, what is a shift?
A moment in the poem where something changes. Can be tone, mood, subject, setting.
When writing a complex sentence, when do you use a comma?
When the dependent clause comes before the independent.
You will always find me in the past. I can be created in the present, But the future can never taint me. What am I?
What is History