Subjects/Predicates/Sentences
What is the subject of this sentence?
The brown dog ran to get his bone.
The brown dog
What do we call the groups of lines, or "paragraphs", in a poem?
Stanzas
What was the central message of The Sea Wind?
Things can be both beautiful and terrible.
What are the people or animals in a story called?
characters
Which words in this sentence are nouns?
stop, jump, school, green, lovely, loneliness
school, loneliness
What is the predicate of this sentence?
The students in the class walked quietly to gym.
walked quietly to gym.
A group of words, or the "sentences", arranged in a row in a poem.
lines
What was the central message of The Lion and the Mouse?
Size does not matter when a friend needs help.
Where or when a story takes place is part of the...
setting
Which word is a verb?
giraffe, read, beautiful, carefully
read
What is the topic sentence of this paragraph?
If you are having trouble seeing, glasses may help you. The first thing you should do when your vision is blurry is visit the eye doctor. The eye doctor can determine whether glasses will help you see better. They will write you a prescription for glasses and get you on the road to better sight!
If you are having trouble seeing, glasses may help you.
Which of the following are elements of art?
repetition, figures, setting, line, color, capitalization
figures, line, color
What was the central message of The Boating Party piece of art?
The sea can be calm and peaceful.
What is the difficult situation or conflict in a story called?
problem
What are words that describe verbs and often end in ly called?
adverbs
Which sentence is written correctly?
1. mike went to the store to get milk?
2. Mike to the store to get milk.
3. Mike went to the store to get milk.
4. Went to the store to get milk.
3. Mike went to the store to get milk.
When poets repeat words or lines in a poem what is this called?
repetition
What was the central message of The Great Wave?
The sea can be harsh and dangerous.
In a story what is the answer to the problem or the way to fix it called?
solution
Which word from the list is an adverb?
bravely, desk, eat, soft, the
bravely
Write the title with correct capitalization:
attack of the halloween zombies from mars
Attack of the Halloween Zombies From Mars
What is this an example of:
But the wind comes whispering in between.
figurative language
What was the central message of Amos and Boris?
Friends can always be helpful whether they are big or small.
What is a short tale that teaches a lesson and often includes animal characters that speak and act like people?
fable
Which words in the sentence are nouns?
Amos and Boris swam across the ocean to get to the shore.
Amos, Boris, ocean, shore