Vocabulary Development
"How can you be so unconcerned?" The root of unconcerned is
concern
When and where the story takes place is called
the setting
Groups of lines called stanzas can be found in what kind of text
poetry
Something you can prove. It is a true statement!
a fact!
Fill in the blank with the correct form of wash: "My sister and I ________ our laundry together."
washed
"Okay," Kevin said, smiling. "Let's have a postgame meal." The prefix "post-" from the word postgame mean
after
People or animals in a story are called
the characters
Silly, silly, silly, Soft, slithering snake. Still you slither, still you slink, Then stop, still as a stake. This is an example of what part of speech...
an alliteration
"The pizza crust was as soggy as a piece of cardboard" is an example of what type of figurative language?
a simile
Fill in the blank with the correct form of drink: "I _________ my juice last night."
drank
Read this sentence. And he thought creatively in ways others didn't. The word creatively means
differently
Its the beginning, middle, and end
the plot
In poetry, one "paragraph" is known as
a stanza
What type of graphic organizer shows how things are alike, and how they differ
a Venn diagram
ugly, fat, sweet, curious, spicy--- words used to describe are called....
adjectives
"Last year, it was so cold when the wind blew at several knots that people turned blue!" The homophone for blew is
blue
When you're writing, what you're writing about is called
the topic
"Like" and "bike", "man" and "can" are words that sound alike or ____ ____.
rhyming words
A cause is a person, thing, or an event that makes something happen. The result or the things that happens is called....
the effect
The adjectives in the sentence, "The happy woman bowed, then gave the big crowd a wide grin." are
happy, big, and wide
"Remember, you can always stash things under rocks or in closets." Another word for stash is
hide
"Honesty is the best policy", "Giving is more important than receiving", and "Don't be afraid to try something new" are examples of
a theme
When something that isn't human, like an animal or an object, is given human-like characteristics .....
a personification
Step 1: Make cake mix. Step 2: Put mix in the oven. Step 3: Eat the cake. This is an example of what type of text structure?
sequence and order
Words that describe actions
adverb