Grammar
What is an adjective? Give an example
A describing word
What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter
What does the suffix -ful mean?
full of something
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Said
Said
/sed/
What is conflict and resolution?
the problem and how it got fixed
What is a prefix?
Give an example
a word part that goes at the beginning of a word
What is a noun ?
A person, place, thing.
DOUBLE POINTS
What does the prefix re- mean?
Again
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Enough
Enough
/ih-nuff/
What type of text is full of facts?
nonfiction
What is a suffix? Give an example
A word part that goes at the end of a word
What is an adjective?
A word that describes something
What are the 5 senses?
see, hear, smell, touch, taste
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Avenue
Avenue
/av-uh-noo/
What does chronological sequence of events mean?
The time order of events in a story
What is the past tense of bring?
brought
What should always go at the end of a sentence?
Punctuation. (.!?)
What part of the reading is the last paragraph and wraps it up. Usually starts with: This is why...
conclusion
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Through
Through
/throo/
What do we call the events that happen in order in a story?
The plot
What is a verb? Give an example.
An action word!
Period, question mark, and exclamation marks are known as _________.
punctuation
What does speechless mean?
Not able to speak.
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Yacht
Yacht
/yah-t/
What is the main idea/central idea of a text?
What it is mostly about.
What is an adverb? Give an example
An adjective that describes a verb
What is the subject of a sentence?
Who or what is doing the verb
Where and when a story takes place is called the what?
Setting
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Colonel
Colonel
/kernel/
What is a prediction?
An educated or informed guess about what will happen next in the story.