What word do I define?
What literary device am I?
Sentence Structure
Grammar
Spelling
100

A thing that represents or stands for something else

symbol

100
"dragged behind like a ball on a chain"

simile

100

There were many problems with there house.  Firstly it did not have electricity.

No. "there" should be possessive pronoun "their".

100

Concentration is ________ by alertness.


Help      Will help      Helps         Helped


Helped

100

aparatus           apparatus           aparratus

apparatus

200

Bringing together what is written in the text... what is already known by you as the reader... helps to build meaning about the texts

Inferring

200
"Asking questions of the text as you read" ... before, during, and/or after you read...

questioning

200

Mr. Rowe's snacks are some of the best I have ever tasted.

Yes.

200

Effective speaking ___________on effective listening.


depends       depend         depended          depending

depends

200

regrettable             regretable            regreteble

regrettable

300

Essentially means the idea or 'message' that the story communicates.

theme

300

A word that sounds like how it is written

onomatopoeia

300

Commemorative stamps are issued to give recognition to someone or something special.

Yes

300

Where _____ you last night around supper time?


was       were

were

300

dissatisfaction              disatisfaction            disatisfiction

dissatisfaction

400

Use of the words 'like' and 'as' to create visual representation of ideas in our minds

imagery

400

An advance hint of what is to come later in the story.

Foreshadowing

400

A block of four different, colorful stamps that commemorate Earth Day

No.  It is a fragment.  

400

He screamed so loudly that the pigeons pecking (1)_____________ the scattered grains in (2) ___________ courtyard (3) _____________ off in a flurry. 

A. on, the take      B. at, a takes     

C. at, the, took     D. in, some, taking

C. at, the, took

400

commitee          comittee         committee

committee

500

An idea or feeling a word creates IN ADDITION to its literal meaning

connotation

500

Oxymoron

500

Max, Molly, and Buddy, the three most common names for dogs.

No. It is a fragment.  'are the three most common...'

500

Jennifer and her brother picked up ___________ father's birthday present.

his/her              her               their

their

500

embarass       embarrass          embarras

embarrass

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