Genre
What genre contains characters?
What is Fiction?
What does the word "synonym" mean?
Words that have the same meaning.
What is the setting of a story?
Where and when the story takes place.
What is a simile? Give an example.
A simile is a figure of speech that compares two different things using the words "like" or "as." For example, “the water was as clear as glass”. Another example is “Your hands are as cold as ice”
What is the subject and predicate of a sentence?
In a sentence, the subject is the person, place, concept, or thing that the sentence is about, while the predicate is the part that tells us what the subject does or describes it. For example, in the sentence "The cat sleeps,"
Name the thinking jobs for nonfiction.
What is Topic and Teach Me?
What is a “prefix”? Give an example.
A prefix is at the beginning of a sentence. Examples: unfair, redo, reuse, repeat.
What is the problem in a story where a girl loses her dog?
The dog is lost.
What is a metaphor?
A metaphor is a figure of speech that compares two non-similar things without using "like" or "as".
What is a compound sentence?
A compound sentence is a sentence that contains at least two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (like "and," "but," or "or") or a semicolon. Each independent clause can stand alone as a complete sentence. For example, "I love tea, and he likes coffee"
What are the thinking jobs for fiction?
What is character, problem, solution, and lesson learned?
What does “predict” mean in a story?
Predict means to use the clues within the text before reading to explain what the story or text will be about before reading.
What is the theme?
The message or lesson in the story.
what does “personification” mean?
Personification is a fun way to give human traits to non-human things in stories or poems. For example, you might say, "The wind whispered secrets to me,"
What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. They answer questions like "How?", "When?", "Where?", "How often?", or "To what extent?" For example, "He runs quickly" (describing how he runs) or "She is very tall" (modifying the adjective "tall").
What does P.I.E. stand for?
What is persuade, inform, and entertain?
What is the opposite of “generous”?
Stingy
What is the theme of a story about teamwork?
Teamwork makes the dream work! Working together can get the job done.
What is an idiom? Give an example.
This idiom is a phrase that contains two words joined by a conjunction or a preposition. Some examples include “by and large”
What is a verb?
A word used to describe an action, state, or occurrence, and forming the main part of the predicate of a sentence, such as hear, become, happen.
What genre includes talking animals and magical powers?
What is fantasy?
What is a “suffix”? Give an example.
A suffix is at the end of a word. Examples: fastest, faster, slowest, slower, education.
What is the climax of a story?
The climax of a story is the most intense, exciting, or emotionally charged moment where the main conflict reaches its peak, leading to a resolution.
What does “hyperbole” mean?
Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
What is a noun?
A person, place, or thing.