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Vocabulary Development
Elements of Literature
Poetry
Text Structures
Mechanics
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"How can you be so unconcerned?" The root of unconcerned is
What is concern
100
When and where the story takes place is called
What is the setting
100
Groups of lines called stanzas can be found in what kind of text
What is poetry
100
Its something you can prove. It's true!
What is a fact
100
"My sister and I ________ our laundry together."
What is wash
200
"Okay," Kevin said, smiling. "Let's have a postgame meal." The prefix "post-" from the word postgame mean
What is after
200
People or animals in a story are called
What are characters
200
Silly, silly, silly, Soft, slithering snake. Still you slither, still you slink, Then stop, still as a stake. This is an example of
What is an alliteration
200
"The pizza crust was like a soggy piece of cardboard" is an example of
What is a simile
200
"I _________ my juice last night."
What is drank
300
Read this sentence. And he thought creatively---in ways others didn't. The word creatively means
What is differently
300
Its the beginning, middle, and end
What is the plot
300
In poetry, one pattern or rhythm is known as
What is meter
300
This puts, in graphic form, how things are alike and how they differ
What is a Venn diagram
300
ugly, fat, sweet, curious, spicy---words used to describe called
What are adjectives
400
"Last year, it was so cold when the wind blew at several knots that people turned blue!" The homophone for blew is
What is blue
400
When you're writing, what you're writing about is called
What is the topic
400
"Like" and "bike", "man" and "can" are words that sound alike or
What is rhyme
400
A cause is a person, thing, or an event that makes something happen. The result or the things that happens is called
What is the effect
400
The adjectives in the sentence, "The happy woman bowed, then gave the big crowd a wide grin." are
What is happy, big, and wide
500
"Remember, you can always stash things under rocks or in closets." Another word for stash is
What is hide
500
"Honesty is the best policy", "Giving is more important than receiving", and "Don't be afraid to try something new" are examples of
What is the theme
500
When something that isn't human, like an animal or an object, does something a human would do
What is personification
500
Step 1: Make cake mix. Step 2: Put mix in the oven. Step 3: Eat the cake. This is an example of
What is sequence
500
Words that describe actions
What is an adverb