Vocabulary Development
Literary Comprehension
Mechanics
Text Structures
Grab Bag
100
The root of the word thoughtful.
What is thought
100
A type of texts that includes fairy tales, legends, and fables.
What is fiction
100
The action word in a sentence
What is a verb
100
A statement that is always true
What is a fact
100
The past tense of run.
What is ran
200
The prefix mis-, as in mistake, means.
What is to do something wrong
200
A type of text that includes encyclopedias, news reports, and biographies.
What is non fiction
200
A person, place, or thing.
What is a noun
200
A comparison of two things that uses like or as.
What is a simile
200
The error in this sentence, "We is going to see a movie."
What is "We is"
300
The suffix less, as in sleepless, means
What is to do without
300
The where and when of a story
What is the setting
300
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective
300
When an author write about events in the order they happened.
What is sequence
300
The error in this sentence, "We is going to see a movie."
What is having sound or effective support
400
Words that mean the same thing.
What are synonyms
400
The beginning, middle, and end of a story.
What is the plot
400
A word that tells how, when, or where something happens. They usually end in -ly.
What is an adverb
400
A comparison that doesn't use like or as.
What is a metaphor
400
Words that sound like what they mean For example snap, buzz, and zap.
What is an onomatopoeia
500
Words that sound the same, but have different meanings and spellings
What are homophones
500
This is what the story is mostly about.
What is the main idea
500
The adjective in the sentence, "The intelligent child raised her hand quickly."
What is intelligent
500
Giving animals, inanimate objects, or abstract ideas human characteristics.
What is personification
500
Words that are spelled the same, but have different meanings.
What are homographs
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