Story Time
What is the term for the main point, or what a story/text is about?
Main Idea
A word that shows an action in a sentence is called a ___________.
Verb
diversity of life
Phrase
A way of organizing information used in dictionaries and glossaries, starting with the letter "A" and ending with the letter "Z".
Alphabetical Order
Term for two or more words that begin with the same letter and/or sound.
Alliteration
The time and/or place in a story is called the...
Setting
I am walking to the store.
The verb "walking" is being used in what type of tense?
Present Tense
environments
Key Word
The page at the beginning of a reference book or textbook that gives us the titles and page numbers for the start of each chapter is called a ___________ page.
Contents
Term for the number of sounds in a single word.
Syllable
People, animals, and/or objects that are alive in a story a called...
Characters
Change the verb in this sentence to future tense.
I am walking to the store.
"will walk"
Extinct, Endangered
Key Words
The page near the end of a reference book or textbook that gives us information about specific topics and the page numbers to find them is called an ___________ page.
index
Term for two or more words that have the same sound at the end of each word.
Rhyme
A ______________ explains the main points of a story/text by using only a few words.
Summary
What is the past tense of the verb "think"?
thought
Life in the desert can be difficult.
Sentence
Find the root word in these words.
Happiness, Unhappy, Unhappiness
Happy
A strange and difficult question or statement that has a clever and/or funny answer is called a _________.
riddle
A story about a real character and/or event is called ____________.
Non-fiction
___________ verbs are verbs that do not ad "-ed" to form past tense.
Irregular
Diversity of life
Phrase
Find the root word in these words.
actor, action, activity, react
act
Find examples of alliteration in this sentence...
Amazing Ashley asked her parents for an allowance.
Amazing, Ashley, asked, an, allowance