1st grade
What is the term for a word that is similar in meaning to another word?
Synonym
What type of literature features magical creatures, such as giants, gnomes, and goblins?
Fairy Tales
The person in a novel who tells the story from a third-person perspective is called a what?
A narrator
A story conveying a moral lesson is called what?
A fable
Who is the creator of the classic book characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn?
Mark Twain
What is the past tense word for run?
Ran
Does the word, "bone" have a long or short vowel sound?
Long
Give an example of a transitional word.
Also, Thus, First, Second, etc.
What is the main character in a story called?
A protagonist
What is the name of the most famous English playwright?
William Shakespeare
What's a person, place, or thing?
A noun
Does "bug" have a long I or a short U sound?
Short U
The main series of events in a story is called a what?
A plot
Which is an example of alliterative language?
(1) The ocean glistened as the day turned to night
OR
(2) The sea shimmered with the sinking sun.
(2) The sea shimmered with the sinking sun.
What is an antonym for beautiful: pretty, gorgeous, ugly?
Ugly
Gracie____the seeds. Which words fits in the space: plants, plant, planting or planted?
planted
What are the five interrogative or "question" words?
What, Who, When, Where, Why
The main series of events in a story is called a what?
Children
Find the preposition: The pretty calico cat sat on the kitchen table.
On
Which word means to radiate: spin, kill, and glow?
Glow
Which of these uses commas correctly?
1) My favorite colors, are, blue, red, and, pink.
2) My favorite colors are blue, red, and pink.
3) My, favorite colors are blue red, and pink.
2) My favorite colors are blue, red, and pink.
Fill in the blank: _____ is your name?
Who, What, Where or Why?
What
What do you call the part of the story with all the action or the big twist?
The climax
Which is a type of poem: Graph, Sonnet, Essay?
Sonnet
Often seen at the end of a sentence, the three trailing dots at the end of a group of words like... are known as?
An ellipsis