Reading
What is theme?
The moral or the lesson of the story.
What are these: " "
Quotation marks
What part of speech is the Italic word?
She quickly ran up the stairs.
Adverb
What is a stanza?
A group of lines in a poem
(a paragraph of a poem)
What is the conflict of the story?
The problem
Is "I think green beans taste terrible" an example of a fact or an opinion?
Opinion
What part of speech is the Italic word?
The pepperoni pizza was my favorite.
This is an example of what poetic device?
The cat sat on the mat
What does setting mean?
where and when the story takes place
What is a context clue?
Hints or clues found within a passage that can help the reader to understand the meaning(s) of new words.
What part of speech is the Italic word?
She wrote a story about her family.
verb
What is this an example of?
I was as happy as a clam
Simile
People, animals, or things in a story are the __________.
Characters
What is a verb?
an action word
Are the words listed synonyms or antonyms?
dark and light
antonyms
What poetic device is this an example of?
Wally walrus watches whales in the water.
Alliteration
What is a inference?
An educated guess that uses details or evidence for support.
Fix this sentence
julie asked are we going to the zoo the store or the mall
Julie asked, "Are we going to the zoo, the store, or the mall?"
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence
1. There, 2. They're or 3. Their going to the store.
They're
What poetic device is this an example of?
The classroom was a zoo
Metaphor
What do you call the list found in the beginning of a textbook that tells you where to find different passages?
Table of contents
What is it called when you put a space at the start of a new paragraph?
indent
What do we call giving a nonhuman thing human characteristics?
personification
What do you call a poem that has 3 lines, 5 syllables in the first line, 7 in the second, and 5 in the third?
A haiku