5th Grade
Grammar
5th Grade Writing
5th Grade Reading 1
5th Grade Reading 2
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100

What is a noun?

Person, place, or thing

100

What should always go at the end of a sentence?

Punctuation. (.!?)

100

What is the setting in a story?

2-things-Where and when the story takes place

100

What is an inference?

a guess

100

How do you paraphrase?

Retell something in your own words.

200

What is personification?

Giving non-human things human qualities

200

Period, question mark, and exclamation marks are known as _________ marks.

punctuation

200

What is the conflict in a story?

the problem

200

What are the other terms for key idea?

Main idea or central idea
200

What is a summary?

A short version of the text with just the main ideas.

300

What is an idiom?

A phrase that means something different then what it says

300

Why do we use quotation marks?

To show the words that someone has spoken; dialogue

300

List three author's purposes.

Persuade, inform, entertain

300

What is key idea?

What the whole text is about

300

What does compare and contrast mean?

Tell how something is alike and different (similarities and differences)

400

What is the past tense of drive?

drove

400

How many sentences are in a paragraph?

4-5 sentences

400

What is the theme of a story?

The overall message or lesson 

400

What type of figurative language is used in the following sentence: The alarm clock screamed at me this morning. 

Personification

400

Why do you use context clues?

To determine the meaning of unfamiliar words

500

What is a verb?

An action word!

500

Which paragraph do you introduce the characters and setting?

Paragraph 1/ Introduction paragraph

500

What does text evidence mean?

Showing proof

500

Stories set in imaginative worlds with magical elements.

Fantasy

500

What is the main idea of a text?

What it is mostly about.
600

What is a simile?

Comparing two thing using like or as

600

to convince someone to believe or do something through reasoning, argument, or appeal to emotions.

Persuade

600

What is author's purpose?

WHY an author writes

600

refers to the use of words or expressions that go beyond their literal meaning to create a special effect or to convey something in a more imaginative or vivid way.

Figurative language

600

What is the meaning of abrupt as used in this sentence? The car came to an abrupt stop to avoid hitting the cat.

Sudden, quick