Vocabulary
Which word is a synonym for happy?
What is Joyful
Identify the verb in this sentence:
The students carefully read the directions.
What is read?
“The snow sparkled like diamonds.”
What type of figurative language is this?
What is a simile?
If a paragraph mostly explains why recycling is important, what is the main idea about?
What is recycling being important?
Which sentence is written correctly?
A. we went to the zoo on monday
B. We went to the zoo on Monday.
C. we Went to the zoo on monday
What is B?
In the sentence The narrow trail wound through the forest, what does narrow most nearly mean?
What is not wide / thin?
Which word is the adjective?
The enormous elephant walked slowly.
What is enormous?
“The classroom was a zoo during indoor recess.”
What figurative language is used?
What is a metaphor?
When readers use clues from the story and what they already know to figure something out, what are they making?
What is an inference?
Which word should be capitalized?
my brother lives in texas
What is My and Texas?
Which word is an antonym for generous?
What is selfish or stingy?
Identify the adverb in this sentence:
The dog barked loudly at the mail carrier.
What is loudly?
“The leaves danced in the wind.”
What figurative language is this?
What is personification?
What do we call the problem in a story?
What is the conflict?
What punctuation mark belongs at the end of this sentence?
Watch out for the falling branch
What is an exclamation point?
In the sentence The curious student asked many questions, what does curious mean?
What is wanting to learn or know more?
identify the preposition in this sentence:
The book is on the desk.
What is on?
Explain what this simile means:
He ran as fast as a cheetah.
What is he ran very fast?
What part of a story happens after the climax and shows how the problem is solved?
What is the resolution?
Is this sentence simple or compound?
The rain stopped, and the sun came out.
What is a compound sentence?
Which word best replaces said in this sentence to show excitement?
"We won the game!" she said.
What is shouted, cheered, or exclaimed?
Identify the pronoun in this sentence:
Maria lost her backpack, so she looked everywhere for it.
What is she or it?
Why do authors use figurative language in stories?
What is to help readers imagine things and make writing more interesting?
If a character learns that working together is better than working alone, what is the theme?
What is teamwork or cooperation?
Fix the sentence:
the students finished there homework before recess
What is... The students finished their homework before recess.