Vocabulary
What is the definition of grateful?
Thankful or appreciative
Name at least three of the five things a noun can be.
Person, place, thing, animal, or idea
Give an example of two rhyming words.
Answers will vary. Correct answers should include any two words with the same end sound like cat and hat or man and ran.
Fiction means ________
Fake or not real
Give an example of a nonfiction text.
Answers will vary. Correct answers will include any text that is about real information, such as a newspaper article or textbook.
Name a famous prodigy.
Answers will vary. Correct answers should include a well-known figure that was an expert in a particular field, like Albert Einstein or Mozart.
Use a past tense verb in a sentence.
Answers will vary. Any sentence that correctly uses a past tense verb will be accepted.
Comparing two things using like or as, like in the following sentence: “The bunny rabbit was as white as the snow” is called ________.
A simile
What is the climax of a story?
The most exciting part; usually a turning point in the story
What is the main idea?
The most important idea in a text or what the text is mostly about.
Name a career where a person might need to go incognito.
Answers will vary. Correct answers should include a career that is secretive in nature, like a detective or spy.
Find all the adjectives in this sentence:
"Jacob has short, dark hair and a blue shirt."
Short, dark, and blue
What is personification?
Giving a nonhuman human-like characteristics
What is the first stage of the plot line, where the reader learns about the characters and setting, called?
Exposition
What is one strategy you learned this week to help with reading and understanding nonfiction texts?
Answers will vary. Correct answers will include a reading strategy, such as skimming, rereading, taking notes, etc.
Antonym for solo
Together or with others
Find the adverb in this sentence:
"I picked the baby up carefully."
Carefully
What is a group of lines in a poem called?
A stanza
Which point of view utilizes a narrator that is also a character and uses words like “I,” “my,” and “me?”
First person point of view
What is the difference between fact and opinion?
Facts can be proven, but opinions are just one person or group’s thoughts that cannot be proven.
What part of speech is “lackluster”?
Adjective
Use at least one adjective and one adverb in a sentence.
Answers will vary. Any sentence that correctly uses at least one adjective and adverb will be accepted.
Example: The orange cat climbed gracefully.
What type of figurative language is being used in the following sentence: “Sam Smith swims slowly in the silent sea”?
Alliteration
What is the difference between a subject and a theme? Give an example of each.
A subject is a broad one word topic, like kindness or perseverance. A theme is a life lesson, like “Always treat others the way you want to be treated” or “If you work hard, you will succeed.”
Name one text feature or graphic aid found in nonfiction texts and explain its purpose.
Answers will vary. Correct answers will include any text feature (title, subheading, photos, captions, graphs, sidebars, etc.) and its purpose.