Vocabulary
Literary Terms
Comprehension
Grammar
History of Marbles
100
You must do this in class to be involved.
What is participate?
100
This reading strategy helps you guess what will happen next.
What is predict?
100
The truth was that Lupe was no good in sports. What part of the story is this?
What is the conflict?
100
These -ing words look like verbs, but act like nouns.
What are gerunds?
100
This is an ancient country where 3,000 year old marbles have been found.
What is Egypt or Italy?
200
Something you want to achieve.
What is an objective?
200
This is what drives a character's actions.
What is motivation?
200
Name two people who helped Lupe.
Who were her brother and her father?
200
Finish this sentence with a gerund phrase: _____________________ takes a lot of time and candy dots.
What is Making a mosaic?
200
Clay, bone, and polished nuts
What were ancient marbles made from?
300
This happened before something else. Example: Success Stories was on the _______ test, not this upcoming one.
What is previous?
300
An example of this type of motivation: Ms. Churchill said that it is important to understand metaphor.
What is implied motivation?
300
"The sun was a silvery light behind slate clouds." This is an example of...
What is metaphor?
300
Name something you really dislike.
What is ______-ing?
300
Modern marbles are made from this.
What is glass?
400
The students' artwork was ____________ in the museum last month.
What is displayed?
400
This is a feeling of excitement or curiosity about what is going to happen next.
What is suspense?
400
Lupe earned three marbles when a sudden gust of wind blew dust in her eyes and she missed badly. This is an example of...
What is suspense?
400
These can be adverbial phrases?
What are infinitives?
400
This is the most popular game of marbles, where a circle is drawn on the ground and players take turns knocking marbles out.
What is ringer?
500
This is large enough to be noticed.
What is considerable?
500
An example is: "Be sure to know about motivation for the test," Ms. Churchill said. Write the 2 words.
What is stated motivation?
500
Lupe received these at the end.
What are two trophies?
500
Finish this sentence with an infinitive of purpose: I need to study...
What is "to do better on the test" or "to improve my grades"?
500
This term explains how you flick the marble with your thumb.
What is knuckling?
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