The part of speech that describes nouns. Examples: furry, stinky, sudden, blue...
What is an adjective?
100
This type of story is completely "made up".
What is fiction?
100
When you don't want to repeat the same word over and over, look in this for a synonym.
What is a thesaurus?
100
You should never leave it out after an Interrogatory Sentence?
What is a question mark?
100
Correct spelling of the word for "the place to borrow books"
What is LIBRARY?
200
Part of speech that shows action or state of being?
What is a verb?
200
The type of story that is based on real events.
What is non-fiction?
200
The list of sources used in writing a report.
What is a bibliography?
200
These mark the beginning and end of a person's exact words.
What are quotation marks?
200
Word for the # of degrees it is outside. Our mom checks ours if she thinks we have a fever.
SPELL IT.
What is TEMPERATURE?
300
Part of speech that describes an action....
i.e., the word "quickly" in "walking quickly"
What is an adverb?
300
Dora the Explorer looks "on the map". She would love this type of book which contains lots of maps.
What is an atlas?
300
Two word phrase that means to write about how things are the same and how they are different.
What is "compare & contrast"
300
This mark is used to show possession. It is also used in contractions.
What is an apostrophe?
300
Spell the word that means the flat wall above us when we look up indoors.
What is ceiling?
400
And, but, and or are all examples of this part of speech.
What is a conjunction?
400
It is the person telling the story you are reading.
What is the narrator?
400
This type of writing tries to convince the reader to agree with the writer. Newspaper editorials are a good example.
What is persuasive writing?
400
This punctuation mark best shows surprise or excitement.
What is an exclamation point?
400
Henry must have been ravenous. He ate three helpings of potatoes! Another word to describe Henry would be
What is hungry? (very hungry?)
500
The end-quotation mark goes here.
"Look at how much snow has fallen , said Mom.
What is after the comma or before said?
500
You need to read more about "evaporation" in your Science textbook. In this section of the textbook, you can find all the pages where evaporation is mentioned.
What is the Index?
500
The term for copying or using someone else's already published words.
What is plagiarism?
500
Whenever a teacher draws three lines under the word, be sure to do this.
What is capitalize?
500
This flashing light in the sky is usually preceded by thunder.
SPELL IT.