Language Arts A
What is a verb?
An action word
Give a different example of a homophone
Saw-->saw
The slimy fish swam away.
Find the adjective
Slimy
give one example of an idiom
a rip-off
easy as pie
break a leg
beating around the bush
(other answers)
What is a setting of a story?
Where the story takes place
What is paraphrasing?
rewording of something written or spoken by someone else (putting something in your own words)
What is an adverb?
a word that modifies a verb
Find the adjective
The turtle was very slow as it waddled away
slow
Find the adverb
The pen wrote smoothly.
What is the climax of a story?
the part with the highest amount of action or suspense
What is a noun?
Person, place, animal, or thing
What is an adjective?
A word/phrase that modifies or describes a noun
Find the adjective
The old man loved to read ancient books.
old
What is a narrator?
The person telling the story
What is a metaphor?
a type of figurative language where something is made to be something it is not (transforms)
ex: he had a heart of stone
she is a ray of sunshine!
A plot arranges these in a story, in something called a sequence.
What is events
Give an example of a noun?
Various answers
Give an example of an adjective
The fat cat sat on the mat
Find the adverb
The red dog quickly drank his water.
quickly
What is a simile?
A comparison using LIKE or AS
Mr. Spencer is as tall as a house
What is a homophone?
Two words that sound the same but have different meanings
Give an example of a homophone
See-->Sea
Find the adjective in the sentence
The lazy dog crawled under the bed
Find the adverb
The fat dog sat quietly in the shade
quietly
What is figurative language?
Language that describes in detail what something looks like
"Mr. Spencer is very tall, with dark shiny hair, and an ugly shirt."