Compare & Contrast
Figurative Language
Text Structures
Parts of Speech
Wild Card
200

goldfish and a hamster are both animals. Both kinds of creatures need oxygen to live. 

What key word lets you know this is compare?

both

200

What is the meaning of the idiom, Under the weather:

He was feeling under the weather after playing in the snow all day long.

He was sick

200

What text structure includes these signal words?

first, next, then, before, after, finally, following, dates, and times

chronological/sequence

200

What part of speech tells what kind, how many, or which one of a noun or pronoun?

adjective

200

What is the PROPER NOUN in the sentence:

My mom took me to McDonalds today to get brown ice cream.

McDonalds

400

what are 2 ways a house and nest are alike?

shelter 

built with wood 

things live inside 

fix them

400

Is the sentence literal or figurative?

It was raining so hard the drains were overflowing.

Literal

400

When it comes to the 5 text structures, what ONE WORD means, "tell how two or more things are alike"?

compare

400

Which words are ADJECTIVES: 

When the old, gray haired man died, he left money to his grieving family.

old, gray haired, grieving

400

What is ADJECTIVE in the sentence:

I went to summer camp last year. 

summer

600

What is the purpose of a Venn Diagram?

To show similarities and differences

600

What figurative language is used in the sentence?

Her cheeks are the deepest shade of red like a rose in full bloom.

simile 

600

What is the text structure?

the author describes a topic, person, place, or thing by listing characteristics, examples, or features

Descriptive/Spatial

600

What is the NOUN AND ADJECTIVE in the sentence:

She's a good worker. 

worker - noun

good - adjective

600

What part of speech am I?

Gobble Gobble

Onomatopoeia

800

Do people contrast things to tell how they are alike?

no

800

What figurative language is used in the sentence?

Freddy French fired five fabulous free throws.

Alliteration

800

What is the text structure of this passage?

There are several reasons why so many people attend the Olympic games or watch them on television. One reason is tradition. The name Olympics and the torch and flame remind people of the ancient games. People can escape the ordinariness of daily life by attending or watching the Olympics. They like to identify with someone else’s individual sacrifice and accomplishment. National pride is another reason, and an athlete’s or a team’s hard earned victory becomes a nation’s victory. There are national medal counts and people keep track of how many medals their country’s athletes have won.

Cause and Effect

800

What does F.A.N.B.O.Y.S stand for?

For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So

800

A fish gets oxygen through water but a hamster breathes air. Hamsters live in cages, but goldfish live in bowls. Hamsters have fur, but goldfish have scales. 

What key words let you know this is contrast?

but

1000

Hardcover books are usually big. They have tough, thick covers and spines. It is very hard to bend a hardcover book. Unlike hardcover books, paperback books are small and have thin covers. They are easy to bend. They also have thin spines and backs. 

What key word let's you know this is contrast?

unlike

1000

What figurative language is used in the sentence?

I am dying of embarrassment.

hyperbole

1000

When it comes to the 5 text structures, what ONE WORD means, "result"?

Effect

1000

What is the VERB and ADVERB in the question:

Which gift should we open first? 

open - verb

first - adverb

1000

What Part of Speech is the capitalized word(s)?

She got sick from the large plate of raw JUMBO SHRIMP she ate.

Oxymoron

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