Writing
What do you call describing words?
Adjectives
What do you call the person who wrote the story you are reading?
The Author
What suffix goes at the end of a word when you hear "-t" "-d" "-id" or "-ed"?
-ed
You might use this word to describe a cactus' points.
Spiky
A person, place or thing is called a...
Noun
What is a group of 5-7 sentences called in a story or essay?
A paragraph
What genre of story is made up and has events that could not happen in real life?
Fiction
Which word has a long vowel sound?
pinning pinecone
pinecone (long i and long o)
This word means that you want something that someone else has.
Jealous
possible answers: bored, angry, upset, furious, tired
What do you call the part of writing where you check and fix mistakes?
Editing
This part is on the front of the book and shows the title and author.
The Cover
write a CVCE word
possible responses: pine, cone, home, line, name, lame, rode, dune, cake, bake
Overflowing
These punctuation marks show when someone is speaking or quoting words.
Quotation marks.
What do you call the first sentence in a paragraph that tells what it’s about?
Topic sentence
This part of the book is found near the beginning and tells you what’s inside and what page to find it on.
Table of contents
How do you know to double the "t" in a word like "sitting"?
- "sit" is a short word with one short vowel and ends in a consonant
- "sit" is a cvc word
- Without the extra t, it would say "sigh-ting"
What is the word for when an something (like a dog or person) makes a silent crying noise?
Whimper
What do you call a word that sounds like the noise it describes, like “buzz” or “clang”?
onomatopoeia
What kind of essay tries to get the reader to agree with what you think?
Persuasive essay
What does P I E stand for when we talk about an authors purpose for writing a story?
Persuade, Inform, Entertain
Write the word "hop" in the PAST TENSE
hopped
What is a flock?
A group of birds
What are letter sounds called? Think all the way back to heggerty.
Phonemes.