Commonly Misused Words
We have completed _____ days of school. (two, to, too)
What is two?
The piece of punctuation that ends most sentences. It looks like this ----> .
What is a period?
When you take a long text and make it smaller, but keep all the important information.
What is a summary?
What it's called when one word has the same sound as another word.
What is rhyme?
The name of the person/thing telling the story
Who is the narrator?
At the museum, we _____ the exhibit that talked about how people lived in the _____ in Iowa. (past/passed)
What is passed, past
The piece of punctuation that ends a question.
What is a question mark?
Putting someone else's words into your own words (not stealing!)
What is paraphrasing?
The different "paragraphs" of a poem
What is a stanza?
How we see the story (can be first, second, or third person)
What is point of view?
You seventh graders have _____ of energy in these first few days of school. (alot, a lot)
What is a lot
The piece of punctuation that usually shows up before a list. It looks like this ----> :
What is a colon?
A made up story, but it takes place during a real time/event.
What is historical fiction?
One of these:
These poems are cool
But sometimes they don't make sense
Refrigerator
What is a haiku?
In the five stages of plot, this is the most exciting point of the story (think of it as the top of the roller coaster).
What is the climax?
_____ all going to freak out when you see how many papers you will end up with in _____ folders at the end of the year. (you're/your)
What is You're, your)
The way every sentence needs to start.
What is with a capital letter?
The person or people you are trying to inform when you write something.
What is audience?
The word used to describe the design of the poem.
What is form?
The word we use for WHERE/WHEN the story takes place.
What is setting?
______ going to be in for a big surprise when ______ car gets pulled over all the way out _______. (there/their/they're)
What is They're, their, there.
The piece of punctuation that ends a surprised or happy sentence.
What is an exclamation point?
Making an educated guess based on prior knowledge and the evidence in front of you.
What is an inference?
What it's called when you assign human traits to a non-human thing.
What is personification?
Name the FIVE stages of plot in the correct order
Exposition
Rising Action
Climax
Falling Action
Resolution