VOCAB
MAIN IDEA
NONFICTION
500= final jeopardy
POETRY
LANGUAGE
100
what is the difference between a synonym and antonym?
What is syn-means the same, ant-means opposite
100
what is the moral of a story
What is the theme or lesson
100
what is chronological order
What is putting events in order based on when they happened
100
what is an end rhyme and how do we mark them
What is the ryhme at the end of a line, abc
100
Why use a perfect tense vs a simple tense?
What is to be more specific about the time
200
what is the difference between a homonym and homophone?
What is homonym- spelled the same but different meaning hompohone-sound the same but different meaning and spelling
200
what is the difference between a fact and an inference
What is fact-proven true, inference-guess based on facts
200
what is an author's viewpoint?
What is the author's opinion about the topic
200
what is the difference between a simile and metaphor
What is simile-comparison using like or as, metaphor- comparison without like or as
200
what is subject-verb agreement? Give an example
What is when the verb tense matches the plurality of the noun
300
what are the types of affixes and where do they occur in a word?
What is prefix-beginning, suffix-end
300
what is plot
What is the action/what happens in the story
300
give 3 examples of fact words and 3 examples of opinion words.
What is vary
300
what is a stanza
What is a "paragraph" of poetry
300
what is a conjunction? give an example
What is a word that connects words or phrases.
400
what is an adage
What is a short saying with a piece of wisdom or advice
400
what is the difference between 1st and 3rd person points of view and give an example of each
What is 1st- told from your point of view, 1. 3rd- told from someone else's point of view, he/she
400
what is the difference between objective and subjective points of view?
What is objective- look at a topic without using your opinion, subjective- looking at a topic whilst using your opinion.
400
what is the difference between assonance and alliteration
What is assonance-repition of a vowel sound, alliteration-repition of beginning letter in words
400
WHAT IS A SUBJECT AND WHAT IS AN OBJECT?
What is subject does the action, object receives the action
500
What is the difference between a compound and complex sentence (be specific using vocab words we've learned)
What is compound consists of two sentences connected by a coordinating conjunction. A complex consists of an independent and dependent clause set off by a subordinating conjunction.
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