Vocabulary Quest
A person who is honest, fair, and always tries to do the right thing can be described using this vocabulary word.
What is honorable?
In the sentence 'The brave knight rides his horse,' this word is the action verb.
What is rides?
This type of figurative language compares two things using the words 'like' or 'as.'
What is a simile?
A character who shares their lunch with a classmate who forgot theirs demonstrates this character trait.
What is kindness?
This character dreams of becoming a brave knight and going on heroic adventures.
Who is Don Quixote?
This vocabulary word means to interfere in someone else's business, especially when your help was not requested.
What is meddle?
In the sentence 'The group of students ___ ready for the challenge,' this word correctly completes the sentence: is or are.
What is is?
The sentence 'The classroom was a zoo during the celebration' is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
When readers use clues from a story and what they already know to figure out something the author does not directly state, they are making this.
What is an inference?
This loyal companion travels alongside Don Quixote and often tries to help him see reality.
Who is Sancho Panza?
During medieval tournaments, knights on horseback competed by charging toward each other with lances in this type of contest.
What is a joust?
This transition word shows a contrast between two ideas: likewise, therefore, or whereas.
What is whereas?
In the sentence 'The runner was as fast as lightning,' these two things are being compared.
What are the runner and lightning?
A story follows a girl who fails several times but keeps practicing until she succeeds. This lesson, 'Never give up,' represents this element of the story.
What is the theme?
Don Quixote mistakes these large structures with spinning blades for dangerous giants.
What are windmills?
A student uses creativity and clever thinking to solve a difficult problem with limited supplies. This student is demonstrating this quality.
What is ingenuity?
In the sentence 'The two teams worked together to complete the project,' this word describes the way the teams communicated and worked with one another: interaction, intersection, or distraction.
What is interaction?
The phrase 'We will learn, we will grow, we will succeed' repeats the same words at the beginning of each phrase. This literary device is called this.
What is anaphora?
An author writes a passage explaining how medieval knights trained, what armor they wore, and how tournaments worked. The author's main purpose is this.
What is to inform?
When Don Quixote believes ordinary things are magical or dangerous, he shows that his imagination sometimes prevents him from recognizing this.
What is reality?
A person believes they can accomplish something that others consider impossible. This vocabulary word describes their unrealistic but idealistic thinking.
What is quixotic?
The sentence 'Neither the teacher nor the students was prepared for the surprise' contains an agreement error. This word should replace 'was' to make the sentence correct.
What is were?
The sentence 'Her words were a warm blanket on a cold day' uses this type of figurative language to suggest that her words were comforting.
What is a metaphor?
A student claims that a character is courageous. The student supports this claim by quoting a sentence where the character risks their safety to rescue someone. This information from the story is called this.
What is text evidence?
Although Don Quixote's adventures often go wrong, he continues trying to act like a hero. This character trait describes his determination to keep going despite difficulties.
What is perseverance? (Accept determination or persistence.)