Greek and Latin Roots
-ped-, -pod-
What is foot or feet?
The genre that is about real life, not made up.
What is nonfiction?
The genre of writing, where you write to inform.
What is informational writing?
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
Synonyms, Antonyms, or Homonyms:
fresh/stale
What are antonyms?
-man-, -manu-
What is hand?
A made up story that includes elements of magic and imaginary creatures.
What is a fairy tale?
The genre of writing, where you try to get others to believe the way you do.
What is persuasive writing?
The past tense of "run".
What is "ran"?
Synonyms, Antonyms, or Homonyms?
hungry/famished
What are synonyms?
-sect-
What is to cut or separate?
A story that is based on a factual event, but with imagined characters or dialogue.
What is historical fiction?
Imaginary lines that run east and west.
Simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, or sentence fragment (incomplete sentence)?
What is a sentence fragment?
Prepositional Phrase:
New Year's Day is a big celebration for our family.
What is "for our family"?
Details to Main Idea/Category:
gulls, eagles, owls
What are birds?
-port-
What is to carry?
The capability of understanding what you are reading.
What is comprehension?
At the end of the show, everyone cheered for Darla.
Simple sentence, compound sentence, complex sentence, or sentence fragment (incomplete sentence)?
What is a complex sentence?
Capitalization:
The smallest country in the world is vatican city.
What is Vatican City?
Details to Main Idea/Category:
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13
What are prime numbers?
-ben-, -bene-, -bon-
What is good or well?
The type of reading when you read, highlight, annotate, and reread for understanding.
What is close reading?
The verb part of the sentence.
What is the predicate?
Adverb:
The tall player bounced the ball repeatedly before taking a shot.
What is repeatedly?
Figure of Speech:
Wow! He carried that? He's as strong as an ox!
What is a simile?