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100

What is a root word? 

a word that stands alone - with no prefixes or suffixes (happy is the root word of "unhappy")

100

What are these: "  "

Quotation marks

100

What does the Greek root aqua mean?

a. water

b. air

A. water

100

How many weeks are in a year?

52

100

What are the names of Ms. Truscello's kids?

Rudy and Delilah

200

What POV uses the words "he", "she", or "they" to tell a story and is told by someone NOT in the story?

Third-person point of view

200

What is an example of a verb?

run, skip, walk, jump, etc

200

The prefix bi- in bicycle means what?

Two or 2

200

Some of you are a decade old.

How long is a decade?

10 years

200

What is our principal's name?

Ms. Kellum

300

Identify the error in this sentence:

joey likes to swim, ride bikes and read books

The sentence should be:

Joey likes to swim, ride bikes, and read books. 

300

What word is a verb in the following sentence?

Tony slithered quietly down the hallway. 

slithered

300

If the root -ist means someone who is, what does the word artist mean?

Someone who is skill in art or one who makes art. 

300

What does the suffix -ful mean?

full of
300

What grade did Ms. Truscello teach before 6th grade?

2nd grade

400

What is the theme of this paragraph? 

Sadie was kicking a soccer ball in the house and broke her mom's expensive vase. The vase was shattered into a million pieces. She went to her mom and told her what she had done even though she knew she'd be punished. 

The theme is honesty 

400

Emily assumed her mom washed her shirt because it was missing. 

What does the word "assumed" mean?

suspected or guessed

400

What type of text structure puts events in order?

sequence or chronological

400

What does the prefix "pre" mean?

before

400

What is our school mascot?

The Wolf

500

Details that help support a main idea are called____.

Supporting details

500

An exclamatory sentence ends with what kind of punctuation mark?

Exclamation point

500

I was bending over backwards to please my new teacher. What does the idiom "bending over backwards" mean? 

Really trying hard to please. 

500

What does the simile "her heart was a big as gold" mean?

She was really nice.

500

What is the best subject? 

ELA, duh!