Vocab Strategies
Form a contraction out of the words, will not
won't
Is the word tree common or proper?
common
What is the name of the person or character telling the story?
Narrator
I like chocolate ice cream.
Declarative. Statement.
What is a noun?
person, place, thing, or idea
Two words that sound the same but are spelled differently are called what?
Homophones
Spell the plural form of wolf.
Wolves
Name the 4 literary elements.
Sentences that include dialogue need to have what forms of punctuation?
******
Quotation Marks, Comma, Ending Punctuation (period, exclamation mark, question mark)
Identify all 3 nouns in the sentence:
The cat chased the ball across the yard.
cat, ball, yard
3 antonyms for cold
varies
hot, warm,
What is the adjective in the following sentence:
The lost dog barked to find its owner.
lost
What is a story's setting?
The time and place where the story occurs
What two things does a complete sentence need?
Subject and Predicate
Is happiness a concrete noun or an abstract noun?
abstract
model, bat, fall, light, and wave are all examples of what kinds of words?
Multiple Meaning Words
Fix the sentence:
He speaks louder of them all.
He speaks the loudest of them all.
"I went for a walk with my best friend after school. We saw a squirrel gathering nuts for the winter."
What point of view is this written from?
First Person
We use FANBOYS to make compound sentences. What does each letter stand for?
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Give an example of a proper noun.
Varies
Shades of Meaning refers to the different levels of what?
word choices with synonyms
upset, angry, furious
List 4 adjectives that start with the letter H.
Varies
- heavy, heated, hungry, happy, handsome, hyper, high, humid, hopeful, harmful, healthy, hardworking, heart-shaped, hilarious, honest, huggable, harsh, heartbroken, horrible, hairy, helpful, honorable, hot, huge, hot pink, humongous, half, hard, haunted, hidden, Hundred....
What is the message of a story called?
theme
A sentence that asks a question, ends in a question mark. What is the formal name for this type of sentence.
Interrogative
Replace one word in the following sentence with a pronoun:
Frogs use their eyes to push food down their throats while swallowing.
They use their eyes to push food down their throats while swallowing.