Definitions
The definition of a verb
What is an action word?
Up and down
Left and right
Stop and go
What is an antonym?
First, crack the egg in a bowl. Next, sprinkle in cheese. Then add milk. Whisk the ingredients together. After, pour your egg mixture into a pan on the stove.
What is Sequence & Chronological?
A comparison using like or as
Simile
A describing word
What is an Adjective?
The definition of first person point of view
What is the narrator is inside the story?
The role Gaston, Thanos, the Big Bad Wolf play in their own stories
What is antagonists?
A type of text structure that uses details.
What is description?
A sound word
What is Onomatopoeia
Using quotation marks in fiction writing like this:
"Shh! I can't hear the teacher"
What is dialogue?
The events in a story
What is Plot?
Be brave, even when it is hard.
If you don't have something nice to say, don't say it at all.
It is important to tell the truth.
These are all examples of...
What is Theme?
Did you know there are TWO Walnut Elementary schools just outside of Columbus, Ohio? One is Walnut Elementary school in Teays Valley. The other is Walnut Creek Elementary school in Olentangy School District. Both schools have K-5th grade. However, Walnut in Teays Valley also has Pre-K in their building. Walnut Creek does not.
What is compare and contrast?
Giving nonhuman things human-like characteristics
What is Personification?
Mrs. Wolfe comes in with her shirt inside out, hair crazy, and yawning. She is a mess! You think that her baby Cooper must not have slept very much last night because you know she has a baby and you can see that she is tired! You just made what?
What is an inference?
The definition of second hand account
What is an account written by someone who was NOT a witness to an event?
Name the point of view...
Jackson was so excited to see the new baby. He had been thinking about his new baby sister for days and today was finally the day he would get to meet her. As Jackson walked in, his mom, Brandy smiled at him. She felt a warm glow in her heart as she watched Jackson meet his sister. Brandy just knew Jackson would be a good big brother.
What is Third person omniscient?
Destiny lost her pencil on the bus this morning. She knew she would need one for morning message but was nervous about telling her teacher. Destiny told her friend how worried she was. Her friend gave Destiny a pencil to keep for the whole day!
What is Problem & Solution?
A COMMON phrase that does not mean what it says
What is idiom?
Mrs. Wolfe is a crazy teacher who loves chocolate at Walnut Elementary school. Name all the nouns in this sentence. (Hint there are FOUR!!)
Mrs. Wolfe, teacher, chocolate, Walnut.
The definition of point of view
What is the narrator's position in a story?
Aven writes a diary about her day.
John Hancock writes about the signing of the constitution.
Taylor Swift types a tweet about her concert last night.
These are all which type of writing.
What is First Hand Account?
Mrs. Wolfe's class wanted to earn extra recess on Friday. To do this, they had to keep all of the letters on their BLURT board. The students had to listen to EVERY teacher in the building. However, in Mrs. Fortier's gym class they were not listening well and lost a letter. So, Mrs. Wolfe's homeroom lost the chance to earn extra recess for that day.
What is cause & effect?
A phrase that doesn't mean what it literally says
Mrs. Koch's homeroom is full of sweet, goofy, crazy kids! Name all the adjectives in the sentence!
Sweet, goofy, crazy