Author's Purpose
Poetry
Grammar/Punctuation
Vocabulary
Reading Skills
100
The author's purpose for writing the article "Fears and Phobias" for sixth graders to read is to...
What is to "inform"?
100
A line of poetry is called ...
What is a "verse"?
100
This type of punctuation - is called ...
What is a "dash"?
100
Words that mean the same thing are known as...
What are "synonyms"?
100
We can infer that this girl is ...
What is "scared"?
What is "afraid"?
What is "fearful"?
200
The author's purpose for writing a letter to the Mayor to attend a centennial celebration for our school is...
What is "to persuade or to convince"?
200
Listen to the following stanza of poetry:
The ryhme scheme or rhyme pattern is ...
What is "ABAB"?
200
A. Maria really angered tasha when she didn't text her back.
B. Tasha couldn't understand why maria wasn't responding.
The type of error made in BOTH examples is...
What is capitalization?
200
bright/dismal
generous/stingy
permanent/disposable
These pairs are all examples of ...
What are "antonyms"?
200
According to this chart it shows how the setting of a story often influences a character's ....
What is "decisions and behaviors"?
300
Jose wrote an article for The Howler all about his favorite hobby, skateboarding, and described his adventures last summer in California. The author's purpose in this example is..
What is to "entertain"?
300
The voice talking to the reader in a poem is called the ...
What is the "speaker"?
300
Tommy laughed uncontrollably and got in trouble with the dean.
In this example the prefix un- means...
What is "not"?
300
He absently reached for his keys, then realized he'd left them on the counter.
In the sentence the word "absently" most likely means...
conveniently distractedly attentively
What is "distractedly"?
300
In "Fears and Phobias" one of the central ideas is that fears are normal and can keep us _________, but phobias are out of _______________ to the danger presented.
The missing words are...
What are "safe" and "proportion"?
400
Rosa wrote out a recipe and listed all the ingredients and specific steps on how to make cheese quesadillas. In this example the author's purpose is to ...
What is "to explain"?
400
We can infer that the speaker in the poem is đź’”.
What is "heartbroken"?
400
You will need scissors, glue, construction paper pencils, and a drawing pad.
The missing punctuation from the sentence is...
What is a "comma"?
400
Connotation = the meaning a word carries beyond it's literal meaning: positive, neutral or negative.
Example: vintage/old
Which word has a negative connotation in the example?
What is "old"?
400
In "The Breadwinner" having to sacrifice something for the good of one's family was very important for Parvana.
This "lesson" is also known as...
What is "theme"?
What is "message"?
500
What is the 4 letter acronym (letter abbreviation) that helps us to remember the 4 types of author's purposes?
What is "PIEE"?
500
Read this line of poetry:
"The baby pink cherry blossom petals trembled in the wind like the small hands of a frightened child".
This simile is an example of ...
What is "figurative language"?
500
At age twenty-two he got a job.
She had self-respect.
They went on the merry-go-round.
Each example shows hyphens, whose job is to …
What is “join or combine words” to make compound words?
500
The intense snowstorm caused blizzard-like conditions alongside arctic temperatures in frigid New York City.
There are 6 context clues to help unlock the meaning of frigid. Name all 6 words correctly.
What are “ intense, snowstorm, blizzard-like, conditions, arctic, temperatures “?
500
In "The Gift of the Magi" the _________________ was when the couple realized they sold their prized possessions for each other's Christmas gifts.
What is "the turning point" or "the climax"?