Vocabulary
Pecos Bill
Capitalization
Figurative Language
100

What vocabulary word matches this definition? 

Family; same kind of people 

Wordbank:

A. Catastrophe

B. Kinfolk

C. Revert

B. Kinfolk

100

Who is the main character?

Pecos Bill

100

What acronym (candy) do we use to help us remember what to capitalize? 

MINTS

100

What type of figurative language compares 2 things using like or as.

Simile

200

What vocabulary word matches this definition? 

Deserted of people; bare 

Wordbank:

A. Revert

B. Kinfolk

C. Desolate

C. Desolate

200

Where was Bill and his family originally from?

Texas

200

What letter do we always capitalize when it stands alone?

I

200

What type of figurative language is this?

POW!

Onomatopoeia 

300

What vocabulary word matches this definition? 

Terrible event that causes a lot of destruction or suffering

Wordbank:

A. Catastrophe

B. Revert

C. Desolate

A. Catastrophe

300

How did Bill get separated from his family?

He fell out of the wagon.

300

What word needs to be capitalized ? 

my dog ran after the ball

300

What type of figurative language is this?

The flowers danced in the wind.

Personification

400

What vocabulary word matches this definition? 

To go back to a previous situation 

Wordbank:

A. Catastrophe

B. Revert

C. Desolate

B. Revert

400

Who raised Bill for the first 17 years of his life?

Coyotes

400

What word needs to be capitalized? 

We are going to flordia for vacation. 

400

Simile or metaphor?

Her teeth are pearls. 

Metaphor

500

What vocabulary word matches this definition? 

without long period of rainfall  

Wordbank:

A. Kinfolk

B. Desolate

C. Drought

C. Drought

500

What did Bill do when he saw the cyclone?

He captured it

He rode it

He drained the water from it

500

What word needs to be capitalized? 

Ms. Brady is coming to our houses on Friday to deliver valentines day treats. 

Valentines Day

500

What type of figurative language is this?

My backpack weighs 1,000 pounds.

Hyperbole