Figurative Language
A snowball whooshed by my ear during the snowball fight. Whooshed is an example of ____________
Onomatopoeia: Words whose sounds suggest their meaning
What is the meaning of this word:
biography
Biography: A detailed description about a person's life
Bio: Life
Graph: Writing
Run-on or sentence fragment:
In 5th grade
Sentence fragment:
This is a sentence that is missing a verb and does not express a complete thought.
This genre:
Realistic fiction
A noun is a person, place, and ______
thing
The morning sun smiled down on me as I walked to the park. Smiled is an example of __________
Personification: Giving human qualities to nonhuman things.
What is the meaning of this word:
hydration
hydration: the process of causing something to absorb water
hydr: water
The tower of terror ride at disneyland is very scary.
Which nouns need to be capitalized?
Tower of Terror
Disneyland
These are examples of Proper Nouns, which are specific people, places, or organizations.
This genre:
Biography
Hermione Grainger is a brave, bright, and logical character in the Harry Potter series. Brave, bright, and logical are all examples of _______
Adjectives:
Adjectives are words that describe the qualities or states of being of nouns: enormous, doglike, silly, yellow, fun, fast. They can also describe the quantity of nouns: many, few, millions, eleven.
Peter piper picked a peck of pickled peppers is an example of ________________
Alliteration: The repetition of the same initial consonant sound (p)
What is the meaning of this word:
biology
Biology: the study of life
bio: life
logy: study of
Which word correctly fills in the blank?
I really have to _____ a lot to do well on my Math test.
no
OR
know
know- a verb meaning being aware of information
No and know are examples of homophones (words that have the same pronunciation but a different meaning, origin, and/or spelling)
This genre includes:
Fairy Tale
Maya the dragon is going to explain how to write an explanatory essay. Going, explain, and write are all examples of ____________
Verbs:
Verbs are "doing" words that express actions and states of being.
Don't cry your eyes out! Cry your eyes out is an example of a ___________
Idiom: A group of words whose meaning isn't understood from their actual (literal) meanings.
Cry your eyes out means cry hard for a very long time
What is the meaning of this word:
microscope
Microscope: An instrument for viewing small things
Micro: small
Scope: viewing instrument
The two cats toys are under the refrigerator.
What is missing from the word cats:
An apostrophe between cat and s: cat's
An apostrophe after the s: cats'
A semicolon after the s: cats;
An apostrophe after the s: cats'
The two cats' toys are under the refrigerator.
This shows a plural possessive noun. The cats possess their toys.
This genre:
Fantasy
I was going to eat ice cream for practice but, I realized that I should find something healthy to eat instead. But is an example of a __________
Conjunction:
Conjunctions are words that connect words, phrases, or clause. Popular conjunctions are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so (FANBOYS)
It felt as if I had walked a million miles to get to the grocery store. Walked a million miles is an example of __________
Hyperbole: An exaggeration that can't possibly be true
What is the meaning of this word:
pseudonym
Pseudonym: false name
Psuedo: false
Nym: name
An introductory paragraph in an explanatory essay should have:
A _____
3 _______
An introductory paragraph in an explanatory essay should have:
A hook (question, quote, sound, setting)
3 details you will explain in your essay
This genre:
Narrative Nonfiction
Violet Beauregarde ate the candy greedily.
Greedily is an example of a __________.
Adverb:
An adverb is a word that describes a verb (he sings loudly), an adjective (very tall), another adverb (ended too quickly), or even a whole sentence (Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella). Adverbs often end in -ly, but some (such as fast) look exactly the same as their adjective counterparts.