What is the use of symbols to represent ideas or qualities?
100
he, she and it are examples of this
What is a pronoun?
100
definition of homophone
What is two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings or spelling.
100
harsh and sharp in smell and taste
What is acrid?
100
pointing word (spelling)
What is there?
200
describe the symbolism in these lines
"Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone"
answers will vary
200
The pronoun in the sentence below:
She sits next to John during band practice.
What is she?
200
definition of homonym
What is two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings?
200
a teacher taking a cell phone that went off in class is an example of this vocab word
What is confiscate?
200
means also
What is too?
300
explain persuasive writing
What is presenting reasons and examples to influence action or thought.
300
a subject pronoun
What is a personal pronoun that is used as the subject in a sentence?
300
a tree that has fallen across the road is an example of this vocab word
What is obstacle?
300
difference between tide and tied
What is
Tide=rise and fall of sea water
Tied=past tense of to bind together with a string or cord
300
spelling of the number 2
What is two?
400
an article in the school paper about the importance of a cooking class is an example of
What is persuasive writing?
400
personal pronoun used as the object in a sentence
What is object pronoun?
400
a slice of pizza is a ___________ (spell word)
quiet and tranquility is ____________ (spell word)
What is piece of pizza/peace and tranquility?
400
eager and enthusiastic
What is zealous?
400
We are going _____ ______ party.
(choose from to, too, two, there, their, they're to fill in the blanks)
What is to, their?
500
Bonus question....name one of the people or things we've read about this 9 weeks.
What is Red Guards/Martin Luther King, Jr/Matthew Henson/Helen Keller/Nolan Ryan/Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument/Harry Houdini/Jon Bon Jovi/Langston Hughes (poems)? (pick one)
500
Change the words in "quotation marks" to a pronoun: Tyler played tag with "Miguel and Ramon."
What is Tyler played tag with them?
500
A ______ was found ______ in the woods. (set of homophones)
What is A "bear" was found "bare" in the woods?
500
a group of people going on a trip together would be going on an ______________
What is an expedition?
500
correctly use they're in a sentence
What is correct use of they're is a contraction of they and are.....example "They're going to get a 100 on their 9 weeks test."