Testing Vocabulary
Define
What is to tell the meaning of
What the passage is about
Main Idea
How much wood could a Woodchuck chuck?
Alliteration
Person, place, thing, idea
What is a noun
The main point of an Argumentative Essay
What is the claim
Describe
What is to use adjectives to tell all about
Two Reasons a character may be motivated to act
What is fear, anger, sadness, pride, the need to please someone, the need to do well in school, etc.
What are similes and metaphors
Any word that ends in ly
What is an Adverb
All argumentative essays and research papers must have this.
What is PROOF/Evidence
Contrast
What is tell how two or more things are different
Make an inference about a race between Mr. Chapman and Mr. Baker.
What is ___________.
Give an example of personification
What is ________
The verb in the sentence, "The dog barked loudly."
What is barked
Three types of sentences
What are simple, compound, and complex
Analyze
The author's attitude toward the subject of a story
What is Tone
Sensory language
What is language that appeals to the five senses: touch, sight, hear, smell, taste
The preposition in the sentence, "The cow jumped over the moon."
What is over
A book about your own life
What is an Autobiography
Infer
Why a writer writes a story
Author's purpose
Bang! Boom! Bam!
What is Onomatopoeia
Identify the complete verb in the sentence, "I have been to Europe."
What is "have been"
The message the author wants you to get from reading the book
What is the theme