Language Arts 1
What are synonyms for "angry"?
furious, grumpy, irritated
What are some examples of nouns?
Doctor
Stapler
Planet
Jaguar
What are some examples of adjectives?
color words - blue, red, yellow
size words - big, small, huge, tiny
how many - one, two, three
what kind - pretty, ugly, smooth, spiky
What is sprinted?
The only verb in this sentence.
The team sprinted across the track during the track
meet.
What is a simile?
A comparison using LIKE or AS
Jane is as tall as a house.
What is a homophone?
Two words that sound the same but have different meanings
What is an example of a homophone?
See ---> Sea
What is lazy?
The only adjective in this sentence.
The lazy dog crawled under the bed.
What is a comma?
Sarah, would you please pass me the salt?
The misssing punctuation mark in this sentence.
Sarah would you please pass me the salt?
What is an interpolated clause?
The information within commas.
I packed a towel, flip flops, and sunglasses for my trip to the beach.
What is a verb?
An action word
What is an example of a homograph?
Bow ---> Bow
What is slimy?
The only adjective in this sentence.
The slimy fish swam away.
What are some examples of simile?
sly like a fox
cool as a cucumber
bright as the sun
What is a setting?
Where the story takes place
What are some examples of proper nouns?
Melbourne
The Taming of the Shrew
Mr. Townsen
The red pen that's in my pencil case
The correct homophone to fit in the sentence.
The ________ was so sunny and warm today.
(whether or weather)
What is weather?
The only adjective in this sentence.
The turtle was very slow as it waddled away
What is slow?
What is smoothly?
The only adverb in this sentence.
The red pen wrote smoothly.
What is the climax?
The part with the highest amount of action or suspense of a story.
What is a noun?
Person, place, animal, or thing
What is an adjective?
A word/phrase that modifies or describes a noun
What are old and ancient?
The only adjectives in this sentence.
The old man loved to read ancient books.
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!