Grammar
Figurative Language
Parts of Speech
Text Structure
Ms. Kim's Trivia
100

The contraction for the words "Could + not"

what is couldn't?

100

This figurative language is a comparison between two different things without using "like" or "as".  Signal words found are "was" and "is"

Camden was a shining star.
What is a metaphor?
100

This part of speech names a person, place, or thing.

Ex: My dad loves to read.

What is a noun?

100

These signal words are used in this text structure.

First, second, next, last, before, finally, then.

What is sequence?

100

This is Ms. Kim's favorite color.

What is green?

200

The possessive form of "they" (spelled correctly).

What is their?

200

This type of figurative language is when human characteristics are attributed to an inanimate object.

The stars danced in the midnight sky.

What is personification?

200

A part of speech that shows action.

Ex: The girl jumps across the street.

What is a verb?

200

The number of text structure types.

What is five?

200

This is Ms. Kim's favorite drink.

What is coffee?

300

An apostrophe should be added in the sentence below:

The girls all wanted Harry Styles autograph.

what is Style's?

300

This type of figurative language is a formation of a word through the imitation of a sound made by or associated with something.

Eek! I saw a mouse.

What is onomatopoeia?

300

A part of speech that describes a noun or pronoun.

Ex: That's a big table.

What is an adjective?

300

A graphic organizer that would be used for compare and contrast.

What is Venn diagram?

300

This is Ms. Kim's favorite mode of transportation.

What is the bicycle?

400

The correct form of the following sentence:

Twenty candies (were/was) in the bag, now only one (is/are) left.

What is were and is?

400

A type of figurative language that the word or phrase is not taken literal.

Ex:  I'm feeling under the weather.

What is an idiom?

400

A part of speech that stands in for a noun.

Ex: He wears blue pants.

What is a pronoun?

400

This example shows this text structure:

I spilled a glass of milk all over the floor, therefore I used paper towels to clean it up.

What is problem and solution?

400

Ms. Kim taught this level prior to 5th grade.

What is high school?

500

This sentence needs commas:

Teachers scholars and staff all wanted to go to Camden Lake Park.

What is teachers, scholars, and staff?

500

A type of figurative language that uses extreme exaggeration for emphasis.

Ex: My house is a million miles away from here.

What is a hyperbole?

500

This part of speech joins parts of a sentence together.

Ex: I bought apples and oranges.

What is a conjunction?

500
This text structure provides sensory details and characteristics of something.

What is description?

500

This is the country that Ms. Kim lived before coming to back to Ottawa to teach at Heritage.

What is Costa Rica?