Grammar
Figurative Language
Types of Writing
ELA Vocabulary
Potpourri
100
What are verbs?
What is an action word.
100
Simile or metaphor?

As black as coal

What is a simile?
100

Writing that tries to convince someone

What is Persuasive Writing

100

A series of sentences linked together by a common idea is called a ________ .

What is a paragraph?
100

There are three parts to every writing piece. They are...

What is introduction, body, and conclusion.
200

Which part in the following sentence is a proper noun? The students at Concord Elementary School have many amazing talents!

What is Concord Elementary School.
200

Personification or Idiom?

Shannon kicked the bucket

What is idiom? 

200

Writing that tells a story?

What is Narrative Writing

200

I use what I already know or have experienced combined with what the author is NOT telling me to ________ ?

What is make an inference?
200

When finished writing an essay, passage, or paragraph the writer must proofread and check or the following three things...

What is capitalization, punctuation, and spelling? Also known as conventions

300

What part of speech is the word "fantastic" in the following sentence?

Mrs. VanPatten has fantastic 5th graders!

What is an adjective?

300
Which part of figurative language is the following sentence?
My hair would not cooperate this morning.
What is personification?
300

Writing type of writing gives accurate information?

What is Informative writing

300

When you a write a brief statement or account of the main points of something you are ________ ?

What is summarizing.
300

Words that are used to help a writing flow between sentences.

What are transition words.
400

Fill in the blanks: Is this _____ pencil? _____ lucky I found it before someone took it! (You're, Your)

What is: Is this your pencil? You're lucky I found it before someone took it! 

400

Which figurative language is the following?

Pop, pop, bang

What is Onomatopoeia?

400
Writing that would be told in chronological order?
What is informational writing?
400

This is the main subject or idea that is being discussed or described in a piece of writing, a movie, or conversation.

What is theme.

400

The four type of sentences are ...

What are declarative (.), imperative (.), interrogative (?), and exclamatory (!) ?

500

Fill in the blanks: The children went to ____ house. The house is over ____ by the park. ____ lucky to have a house so close to the park! (There, Their, They're)

What is: The children went to their house. The house is over there by the park. They're lucky to have a house so close to the park! ?

500

Which figurative language is the following:

The kids at the water park were like wild animals

What is metaphor?

500
The type of writing that has plot, conflict, and resolution.
What is narrative writing.
500

When you form a conclusion from a small amount of information you are making a ________ ?

What is a generalization.

500

A sentence is complete if it has these 4 things...

What are a subject (noun), a predicate (verb), a capital letter, and ending punctuation.