What sound is the same in the words "apple" and "happy?"
What is the short a sound. (aaaah)
100
What is a biography?
What is a true story (nonfiction) about a persons life or experiences. An autobiography is written by the person who the story is about.
100
What is a glossary used for and where might you find one?
What is for looking up the meaning of a word. You may find one at the back of a text book or other nonfiction book.
100
How many syllables are in the word "butterfly"?
What is 3.
100
Fact or Opinion
Students who read 20 minutes a day are good students.
What is an opinion.
200
What types of words are these:
can't, won't, didn't, shouldn't, haven't, I'll, she'll, he'll, they'll
What are contractions.
200
Where would you find guide words and what are they?
What is at the top of a dictionary or encyclopedia. They are the bold words that tell you the first and last word found on each page.
200
Name a compound word.
(any word that is made up of two smaller words)
Examples: downstairs, bedroom, afternoon...
200
What is the base or root word in "undone?"
What is done.
200
What does persuade, persuasive or persuasion mean?
What is to get somebody to do something or think a certain way.
300
What part of the word is "re" in "redo?"
What is prefix.
300
What is it called when two words share the same meaning?
What are synonyms.
300
Name two words that are antonyms.
(Any two words that are opposite in meaning.)
Examples: hot & cold, up and down, small and large
300
What the marks at the beginning and end of the sentence below called?
"My teacher rocks!"
What is quotation marks. You use them to show someone is speaking.
300
"I had fun on my trip." Is this told from the 1st or 3rd person.
What is 1st person. ( discuss perspective & narrator)
400
We say these are in __________ order when they are in the order that they happen.
What is chronological.
400
"Jumbo Shrimp" is a _______________.
What is an oxymoron.
400
Name two words that are homonyms.
(words that sound and are spelled the same, but have different meanings) Example: seal (homophones are words that have the same pronunciation, different spelling and different meaning.)
400
What genre usually has a moral?
What is a fairy tale.
400
When you reach a decision about a group without having all of the facts, we say you are making a _____________.
What is generalization.
500
What is it called when you compare 2 things using the words like or as?
What is a simile. Example: She is as sweet as sugar. He runs like a cheetah.
500
What is this an example of? (not what type of sentence)
"The school is a zoo!"
What is a metaphor.
500
Give an example of alliteration.
(A group of words or phrase that all begin with the same letters or sound)
Example: Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
I climbed a super slippery slope.
500
Give an example of an acronym.
(a word formed from the first letter of each word in a phrase)
Examples: VIP, MVP, RSVP, IRS, LA, PE
500
What do we call the person who is telling a story?