This type of word is made when two words are joined to form a new word like backpack and sandbox.
What is a compound word?
100
Katey kicked the ball to Kevin.
What is alliteration?
100
If you need to find out how to pronounce a word you would look in this book.
What is a Dictionary?
100
This type of writing contains true facts, & tells about real people, places, objects, etc.
What is non-fiction?
200
This type of word can express action.
What is a verb?
200
These are words that mean the same thing like small and tiny.
What is a synonym?
200
The bell made a loud bong.
What is Onomatopoeia?
200
If you need to find a synonym for a word you would look in this book.
What is a Thesaurus?
200
What is the author's purpose in writing this: Take the screw and place it through the hole in the leg of the chair. Repeat for the other three legs.
What is to inform?
300
These are words that describe nouns.
What is an adjective?
300
These are words with opposite meanings like beginning and end.
What is an antonym?
300
The chair was as comfortable as my bed.
What is Simile?
300
If you need a lot of information on a subject, look in this book.
What is an Encyclopedia?
300
Which two words combine to make "they've"?
What is they have?
400
This type of word is used in place of a noun or nouns. Common examples of this type of word include he, her, him, I, it, me, she, them, they, us, and we.
What is pronoun?
400
These words sound exactly alike, but have different spellings and meanings like there and their.
What is homophones?
400
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
400
If you need to find a map of Italy, look in this reference book.
What is an Atlas?
400
"I saw the creature from the side of the pond. It was moving slowing toward me." Is this written in 1st or 3rd point of view?
What is first?
500
This type of word describes or tells more about a verb. This type of word tells more about how the verb is being done and often end in "-ly."
What is an adverb?
500
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?
500
The music was magic to my ears.
What is metaphor?
500
In a text book, you can find a mini dictionary at the back of the book that contains important words in the text book. What is this mini dictionary called?
What is a Glossary?
500
Giving human characteristics to nonhuman things is what type of figurative language?