Definitions
What is the definition of dawdle?
to unnecessarily waste time
What is a Frindle?
A pen
Define a noun
A person, place, or thing
Define a conjunction
Used to combine words, phrases, and clauses
How are similes and metaphors different?
Similes are comparisons that use like or as, metaphors do not use either
What does equator mean?
The imaginary line between the North and South Poles of the Earth.
Who are the main characters in Frindle?
Nick Allen and Mrs. Granger
What is the difference between a proper noun and a common noun?
Proper refers to something specific, my Aunt Denise, a common noun is just aunt
Place the correct commas and apostrophes in this sentence
Im going to the store for apples bananas and grapes
Give an example of a simile
It was as bright as the sun
What does evaporation mean?
A conversion of liquid into vapor.
What is the punishment when kids are heard using the word frindle?
Stay after school and write 100 sentences saying "I wrote this sentence using a pen."
Give three examples of an adjective
big, tall, blue, short, small
Name one apostrophe rule
Between the words in a contraction
Define alliteration and give a four word example
to sue the same sound several times in a row to be more descriptive - Sally sells sea shells by the sea shore
What does accelerate mean?
To move faster.
How was the 5th grade class picture ruined?
They all said frindle and held one up.
Give two examples of an adverb
Carefully, quickly, slowly, truthfully, yesterday
Name one comma rule
Between the words in a list
Define hyperbole
Extreme, extended exaggeration
What does equivalent mean?
Basically equal to something else.
What did Mrs. Grander send to Nick at the end of the book?
A letter, a new dictionary and a fancy pen.
Put the verb jump into past, present, future
did jump/ am jumping/ will jump
Give 2 different examples of a proper noun
Louisville
Kentucky
What is personification? Give an example
To give human characteristics to non human objects the wind whistled through the trees