Language Arts I
One of something, same as single, opposite of plural
First letter: S
What is singular?
A punctuation mark that looks like a comma but placed above and between letters and used to hold a place in contractions and also at the end of possessive nouns
First letter: A
What is an apostrophe?
A mini dictionary that you find in the back of some books that has meanings of words in that book.
First letter: G
What is a glossary?
Two or more words that mean the same
First letter: S
What are synonyms?
Words that mean the opposite.
First letter: A
What are antonyms?
More than one. Opposite of singular, Multiple
First letter: P
What is plural?
Words that sound the same but are spelled differently and have different meanings.
First letter: H
What is a homophone or homonym?
A word that can stand alone and can have prefixes and suffixes added to it?
First letter: B
What is a root word or base word?
A part of a word that you add to the beginning of a root word.
First letter: P
What is a prefix?
Words that describe nouns.
First letter: A
What are adjectives?
Who or what a sentence is about; usually has a noun in it
First letter: S
What is subject?
What someone thinks or feels; the opposite of fact.
First letter: O
What is an opinion?
The exact words that a person says. Also used with dialogue.
First letter: Q
What is a quotation?
A word that means to finish or fill in.
First letter: C
What is complete?
A small word that comes before a noun. A, an and the.
First letter: A
What is an article?
The part of a sentence that tells what the subject is or does; usually has a verb in it.
First letter: P
What is the predicate?
When you use the other words in a sentence to help you figure out the meaning of an unknown word.
(Two words)
First letter: C
What are context clues?
A part of a word that you add to the end of a root word.
First letter: S
What is a suffix?
The NAME of a person, place, thing or idea.
(Two words)
First letter: P
What is a proper noun?
To place things in the order that they occurred.
First letter: C
What is chronological (or sequential) order?
A word that tells the action or what someone is doing, thinking or feeling.
First letter: V
What is a verb?
A person, place, thing or idea that shows ownership
(Two words)
First letter: P
What is a possessive noun?
Words that tell who or what a sentence is about and take the place of a noun.
(Two words)
First letters: S P
What are subject pronouns?
The parts that make up a story. For example characters, setting, plot.
First letter: E
What are (story) elements?
A list of books at the end of a book or paper used to create that book or paper.
First letter: B
What is a bibliography?