ELA Review
What is a synonym for the word boring?
tedious, dull, monotonous
Define the following homonyms (to, too, two): a.) also b.) giving direction c.) numbers
to-give directions, too-also, two-number
What type of Point of View is used when the narrator is part of the story?
First Person
What is the setting of a story and when is it generally established?
time and place
exposition
What is the most important or central thought of a paragraph or larger section of text?
Main Idea
What is your favorite book? Explain why?
AWV
What are Quotation Marks used to show?
Dialogue
To show the exact words someone has spoken or written
A direct quote
Please give me an example of a word with a short vowel sound.
AWV
What is a homophone for the word Night?
Knight.
What are the coordinating conjunctions? (Hint: There are 7)
For, An, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
What is a adjective?
A adjective is a word that modifies a noun
What are the three articles in english?
a/an/the
What do you use apostrophes for? There are two reasons.
In contractions or to show possession
For example: don't or Sofia's desk
When you want to add "ing" to a word that ends with a vowel then a consonant, what do you have to do before you add "ing"?
Double the last consonant. For example...
flip becomes flipping
Correct the following sentence:
I wanna take english social studies and sience next year
I want to take English, Social Studies, and Science next year.
What is Theme?
Overall message
The moral of a story
A life lesson
Correct the sentence:
mrs. bohannon is hapy that its almost summer
Mrs. Bohannon is happy that it's almost summer.
Correct this sentence:
does anyone now were my coffee is
Does anyone know where my coffee is?
In the following sentence, which word is a preposition?
Santa enters through the chimney.
through
Give three examples of adverbs
Answers will vary (Quickly, happily, hungrily, yesterday, etc.)
Correct the sentence:
He shouted i am afriad of spiders
He shouted, "I am afraid of spiders!"
Correct the sentence:
can we go to the beech on saturday
Can we go to the beach on Saturday?
Name the text structure:
It was because of the heavy rain that the streets flooded.
Cause and Effect
What is the text structure? I went to the store to buy ingredients for a cake.
sequence or chronological
What type of figurative language is used in the sentence : The avalanche devoured anything in its path.
Personification