Grammar Jammar
This is a story that has a script and can be acted out in front of an audience on stage.
What is a Drama or a Play?
Francis thought that it was a great injustice that girls could wear earrings in the school while the boys could not.
Injustice most likely means... a. promise b. unfairness c. acceptance d. problem
What is b) unfairness?
These two words are used in a simile to compare two unlike things.
What are "like" or "as"?
Ex. She ran as fast as the wind.
He was sly like a fox.
Prefix meaning "to do over" as in "--tell".
What is "re"?
What do you call the overall message about life from the story that the author wants to teach the reader?
What is the lesson or moral of the story?
This is a short story (often with animal characters that are able to talk and have human-like behaviors) with a moral.
What is a Fable?
Even though Isaiah had a good job and a nice family, he yearned for more.
Yearned most likely means.. a. accepted b. appreciated c. craved d. learned
What is c) craved (to want very badly)?
Josie and Joshua juggled the juicy, jiggly jello. This sentence is an example of: a) onomatopoeia = words that imitate sounds b) alliteration = repetition of the consonant sound in a verse or a sentence c) rhyme = words that sound similar to each other when you say or hear them
What is b) alliteration?
Franny told a silly story to Opal about a bear walking into her bookshop and taking her book! Why are the words Franny and Opal capitalized?
What is they are proper nouns?
The main idea...
A) Tells the topic of the text
B) Tells the first idea of the text
C) Tells the most important idea about a topic
What is C) Tells the most important idea about a topic?
This is a story that is made up. The characters, setting, and events are all fake, but they could happen in real life. It is a story that could happen to real people.
What is Realistic Fiction?
Geralyn thought the dress was hideous at first, but then she changed her mind and said it was beautiful.
Hideous most likely means: a. tight b. colorful c. ugly d. uncomfortable
What is c. ugly?
Hannah's chattering teeth were rattling pennies in a piggy bank.
The sound of chattering teeth are being compared to pennies rattling in a piggy bank.
Is this an example of a simile or a metaphor?
What is a metaphor (does not use "like" or "as" to compare two unlike things)?
What is the meaning of the prefix dis- in the word disbelief?
A common
B without
C strong
D inner
What is... B without?
Cats are popular house pets. Cats come in a variety of colors. Some cats have long hair and some have short hair. There are cats that have no tails. Cats can have eyes of many different colors. A cat can be solid color, more than one color, or striped. What is the main idea? a. Cats make the best house pet. b. Cats are very similar. c. There is much variety in the cat family.
What is c. There is much variety in the cat family?
This is an imaginative story that is entirely made up. These types of stories have events that could not occur in real life (ex. magic carpet rides).
What is Fantasy?
Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape, most athletes seldom eat junk food.
Seldom most likely means.. a. never b. often c. rarely d. a lot
What is c) rarely?
Semari enjoyed watching the grass dance in the gentle breeze. "Grass dance in the gentle breeze" is an example of a) hyperbole = exaggeration b) personification = giving non-living objects human qualities/characteristics c) alliteration = repetition of the same initial sound in a series of words
What is b) personification (grass, the non living object is given a human quality, dancing)?
Spell the base (root) word for misbehavior
hint: 6 letter word
What is B-E-H-A-V-E?
Your muscles won’t work as hard in space. After all, you’re just floating! To make sure your muscles stay strong during your long stay, you exercise every day. You can pedal on a machine that is like a bicycle without wheels. You can strap yourself in to a treadmill. The straps will keep you from floating away!
What is the main idea of the paragraph above?
A It is important to relax in space
B It is important to stay fit in space
C It is important stay safe in space
D It is important to ride a bike in space
What is... B It is important to stay fit in space?
This word is two words combined with an apostrophe such as can't, wouldn't, I'd, won't. When writing this type of word the main word usually doesn't change except in the following words: will not becoming won't and cannot becoming can't.
What is contraction?
This is a story that is a made up story created by the author. The setting and many details in the story are based on real historical events.
What is Historical Fiction?
Even when the team lost in the championship, Philip maintained his dignity, holding his head up high as he marched off the basketball court.
Dignity most likely means... a. brave b. anger c. cool d. pride
What is d) pride (self respect)?
Madison decided that she would go out on a limb and ask Ms. Howard if she could get excused from having homework for the rest of the week because her cousin was coming to town.
a) Identify the idiom in the sentence.
b) Using context of the sentence, what does the idiom mean?
What is...
a) go out on a limb
b) take a risk, take a chance
The latin root 'aqua' can be found in these words: aquamarine, aquaduct, aquarium, aquatic. What does the root 'aqua' mean?
What is water?
Mr. Labb and Mr. Votto were not happy. Their faces could not hide their disappointment. Nobody knew how to help put a smile on their faces, but I had the perfect idea! All I had to do was write a letter to New Kids on the Block and ask them to come perform for them at our school. I'm a pure genius!
Whose point of view is this being told from? 1st person or 3rd person
What is 1st person?