What is the meaning of the word "desert" in this sentence?
I am glad that my family didn't desert me when we stopped to eat at Subway.
What is "to leave?"
100
During this part of the story the characters are introduced and the setting is revealed. A syonym for this part of the story is the "beginning."
What is the exposistion?
100
This genre describes information about real people, places, and events or situations.
What is nonfiction?
100
What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
I'm flying my plane,
Not riding the train.
I love to fly high,
Up in the night skies.
What is "a,a,b,b?"
100
Which of the following words uses the CVCC pattern?
books, trip, bump, flame
What is bump?
200
What is the definition of the word "buffet" in this sentence?
We watched the wind buffet sticks against our window.
What is "to hit/to strike"
200
These are the LAST two parts of the plot of a story.
(sing the song to help you remember!)
What are the falling action and resolution?
200
Captions, photographs, real facts, real people, real places, information on science, history, and literature would be found in which genre?
What is nonfiction?
200
What do you call words that are related to each other and have the SAME meanings?
What are synonyms?
200
Which of the following words has a long "i" sound?
bike, flip, brain, float
What is bike?
300
Which word is a synonym for "laziness?"
We could have done much better in the competition if it wasn't for the laziness of my team captain.
Options: pleasantness, sluggishness, foolishness
What is "sluggishness?"
300
During this part of the story the main character begins to solve the problem.
What is the turning point?
300
If there is a story with either characters OR events that could not happen in real life, what type of genre would that be?
What is fantasy?
300
What would you call a one sentence summary of a story?
What is the main idea?
300
Which of the following words does not have the /ur/ sound like in squirt?
teacher, firm, cheer, earn
What is cheer?
400
Which of the following is a CLOSED compoud word that is used correctly?
We could our thirty-five-year-old high school from the top of that skyscraper.
What is "skyscraper?"
400
What do we call words that are spelled the same, sometimes pronounced the same, but have different meanings?
What are homographs?
400
If you read a story that was not real, but with characters and elements that could really exist, what genre would that be?
What is realistic fiction?
400
If you were to add a syllable to a word with an r-controlled vowel, would it change the sound it makes? WHY?
What is NO, because the r-controlled sound is BOSSY and you will always hear that sound.
400
Which of the following words doesn't belong based on the sound that you hear?
fuse, look, unite, smooth
What is look?
500
This word helps you understand the meaning of "intended" in the following sentence:
Ford Mustangs were not intended for taking long trips; they were created for racing.
What is "created?"
500
What do we call the regular repetition of accented and unaccented syllables within each line of a poem?
What is rhythm?
500
If I read a story where the setting influences the characters and events of the story, had larger that life characters, and was very exaggerated, what genre would that story be in?
What are tall-tales?
500
What is one way to always make sure you do your best on a test?
What is check your work, read the question again, decide what the question is asking you?
500
What do the following sounds all have in common?
ir, er, ear