Figurative Language
What type of figurative language uses sounds as words like BOOM?
Onomatopoeia
What part of speech is the word school in this sentence?
The school planned a Valentine's Day dance.
Noun
Spell the name of the animal that looks like an alligator but is not? Make sure you verbally tell Mrs. Chamberlain your answer before you start spelling. I will help you with the answer but not the spelling.
CROCODILE
What reading strategy are you using when you guess what will happen next in a story?
Prediction
What is the most exciting part of a story called otherwise known as the turning point?
Climax
What type of figurative language compares two unlike things not using like or as? For example, He is a tiger when it comes to sharing his Playstation.
Metaphor
What part of speech is the word blue in this sentence?
She has a beautiful, blue scarf on her coat.
Adjective
Spell the thing that a lawyer needs to present in court to help their client win? Make sure you verbally tell Mrs. Chamberlain your answer before you start spelling. I will help you with the answer but not the spelling.
EVIDENCE
FREE POINTS if you can hop up and down on one foot while patting your head with your right hand and waving to us with your left hand. This has to be done at the same time and for 5 seconds. If you fall your have to start over and only get three chances or the other team gets the points instead. (One volunteer from the group is fine)
500
What do you call the beginning of the plot diagram?
Introduction or Exposition
What type of figurative language uses three or more words with the same consonant beginning sounds in the same sentence? For example, Sally went down the silly slide with her friend Sam.
Alliteration
What part of speech is the word made in this sentence?
Bill made an apple pie for the celebration.
Verb
Spell the word that means when two cars collide and cause damage. Make sure you verbally tell Mrs. Chamberlain your answer before you start spelling. I will help you with the answer but not the spelling.
ACCIDENT
Name the reading strategy when you are able to relate what you are reading with your own life event, another book or movie, or with a world event.
Connection/Connecting
What is the end called on a plot diagram? After the falling action?
Resolution
What type of figurative language gives human-like qualities to a non-human thing? For example, The sun smiled down on the beach.
Personification
What part of speech are words like...he, she, it, they, them, and we?
Pronouns
FREE POINTS if you can say something nice to everyone in the room including yourself. (One volunteer from the group is fine)
500
What reading strategy are you using when you use the formula somebody + wanted + but + so + then after you read a story?
Summarizing
What is theme?
The moral or lesson of the story.
What type of figurative language is an exaggeration? For example, I wouldn't eat broccoli in a million years.
Hyperbole
What part of speech is the word quickly in the sentence?
He quickly ran to the store to get some chocolate.
Adverb
Spell the word that means when you sign a document in cursive writing. This is a 4th grade level spelling word! Make sure you verbally tell Mrs. Chamberlain your answer before you start spelling. I will help you with the answer but not the spelling.
SIGNATURE
Name the steps you should take when you are taking a test that has multiple choice? There are 4 that I am looking for. You may think about this aloud and I will let you know if you have any of them correct but you must put them in the right order and have all 4.
1. Read the questions first
2. Read the passage
3. Use POE
4. Choose the best answer
True of False...Does the most exciting part of a plot (turning point) usually happens at the exact middle of a novel?
False..... it usually happens about 3/4 of the way through the novel or later.