Parts of Speech
Give an example of a verb.
What is sing, dance, walk.....?
What does the prefix "pre" mean?
ex. preview
What is prior to or before?
Some kinds of bats eat many insects. Some bats can eat up to 600 mosquitos in one hour. Bats are helpful to the environment. They help us by eating insects. Without bats, we would have too many insects.
What is the main idea?
a. bats are mammals
b. bats eat 600 mosquitos in an hour
c. bats eat many insects
What is C? Bats eat many insects.
Give an example of a simile.
Comparing two unlike things with words like or as.
What does the phrase "few and far between" mean as it is used in Paragraph 2?
What is A, less often?
Give an example of an adjective?
What is happy, bright, colorful etc."
What does the prefix "re" mean?
ex. rebuild
What is again?
What is the main idea mean?
What is what the story is mostly about?
Give an example of a metaphor.
Comparing two unlike things.
Which detail from the passage helps the reader understand the meaning of the phrase "few and far between?"
What is B? "So on the occasion..."
Give an example of a pronoun
What is I, he, she, it, etc?
What does the suffix "ful" mean?
ex. helpful
What is full of, or having the qualities of?
What is the theme of a story?
What is the overall message or lesson of the story?
What is personification?
What is giving non-human things, human qualities?
Which pair of sentences provides the best summary of the story from "Moon over Manifest?"
What is C? A girl rides a train alone to go live in her father's hometown. She misses her father but is curious about her new home.
Give an example of a conjunction.
What is for, and, but, etc.?
What does the suffix "ed" mean?
ex. dropped
What is an action that already happened?
What is the setting of a story?
What is where and when the story takes place?
What is an idiom?
What is a phrase that means something different than what it says?
Which two sentences from the story best supports the answer to part A?
What are A and C?
"Maybe that was how I found comfort then, even with him being so far away."
"But as anyone worth his salt knows, it's best to get a look at a place before it gets a look at you."
Give an example of an adverb.
What is quickly, slowly, cheerfully, etc?
What does the prefix "semi" mean?
What is half or partly?
What is the short version of the story that includes the important details?
What is the summary?
Give an example of onomatopoeia?
What is crash, boom, bang?
In the story from Moon Over Manifest, how do paragraphs 2 & 3 contribute to the overall structure of the story?
What is D? They establish the problem of the story.