Vocab Words
Word/Sentence Skills
About the Story
Subjects & Predicates
Text Structure
100
This word means good at thinking of ways to do things, or quick-witted. The ___________ children mowed lawns to earn money to buy new bicycles.
What is RESOURCEFUL
100
This is the part of the sentence that tells whom or what the sentence is about.
What is COMPLETE SUBJECT
100
Rose tamed an animal and named it Tater. What type of animal was Tater?
What is STEER OR COW
100
Name the subject in this sentence: The little girl who lives next door likes to ride her bike in our driveway.
What is LITTLE GIRL
100
Name the text structure. Clue words to this text structure include: because, therefore, since
What is CAUSE & EFFECT
200
This word means to hurl or toss, and also a substance made from tar or turpentine.
What is PITCH
200
A group of words that lacks a subject or a predicate
What is FRAGMENT
200
Rose tried to make it rain so that cows could have water. What happened instead?
What is TORNADOES
200
Name the predicate in this sentence: The treehouse in our backyard was built by my dad.
What is WAS BUILT BY MY DAD.
200
Rose says "there is a music ringing so sweetly in my ears"..."it's giving me a fortunate feeling rumbling deep in the pit of me." Name the Cause & Effect in this passage.
CAUSE: RINGING SO SWEETLY IN MY EARS EFFECT: IT'S GIVING ME A FORTUNATE FEELING RUMBLING DEEP IN THE PIT OF ME
300
This word means do god something with delicate beauty, freshly and prettily.
What is DAINTILY
300
Two or more complete sentences that run together.
What is RUN ON
300
Tell us how Rose stopped the storm.
What is SHE STOPPED IT WITH A SONG OR LULLABY
300
Name the subject in this sentence: The building at the end of the street is very tall.
What is BUILDING
300
In the story, the outlaw Jesse Baines and his gang of desperadoes tried to steel Rose's herd. Name the effect, or what happens next in the story.
What is ROSE 'LASSOED' THE OUTLAWS AND PUT THEM IN JAIL
400
This word means the act of laying waste, or destroying.
What is DEVASTATION
400
The part of the sentence that tells what the subject is or does.
What is COMPLETE PREDICATE
400
Name 2 effects of the steer Stampede.
What is ROSE JUMPED ON THE LEAD STEER AND RESTRAINED HIM TO STOP THE HERD & ROSE'S FAMILY GAINED 2200 CATTLE, ROSE NAIMED THE LEAD STEER TATER,
400
Name the subject and the predicate: Lisa forgot to pick up her shoes at the shoe store last week.
SUBJECT: LISA PREDICATE: FORGOT TO PICK UP HER SHOES
400
Name the Cause in this passage: "Why, the air had turned so dry and sour, time seemed to all but stand still. And there was not a drop of water in sight. Steer will not move without water. Ans that was making those bulls mad, real mad."
What is NOT A DROP OF WATER IN SIGHT, STEERS WILL NOT MOVE.
500
This word means a certain kind, grade, or make. It can also mean to mark by burning the skin with a hot iron.
What is BRAND, BRANDING
500
Name the word that means: Words spelled the same and pronounced the same, but have different meanings and word origins
What is HOMONYMS
500
Thunder Rose is this type of story: An amusing story told with great exaggeration, sensory language, and bigger than-life characters.
What is TALL TALE
500
Name the subject and the predicate: "The cantankerous ton of beef was restless no more."
SUBJECT: BEEF PREDICATE: WAS RESTLESS NO MORE
500
Name the cause and effect in the reading passage: "After the dust had settled, Ma and Pa counted twenty-seven hundred head of cattle, after they added in the five hundred they already had. Using the scrap iron, Rose had to add a new section to the bull pen to hold them all."
CAUSE: 2700 CATTLE ALTOGETHER EFFECT: ROSE HAD TO ADD A NEW SECTION TO THE BULL PEN TO HOLD THEM ALL IN.
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