TEAM 1
John Brown led a raid on an armory in Virginia b/c he believed that violence was the answer to slavery. He needed to get weapons for his raid. What is the meaning of the word Armory?
a place that stores weapons
What is a word or letter placed in front of a word that changes the meaning?
PREFIX
What's a simile
a comparison which also uses like or as
What is the antonym of sorrow?
cheerful, happy, merry, and exalted
What does the prefix "chrono" mean?
time
What is a synonym for scuttle?
Run, Sprint, Bolt, Zoom, Scurry
What is the meaning of the word hyperbole?
a word that means extreme exaggeration
What type of figurative language gives unhuman things characteristic of a human?
PERSONIFICATION
What figurative language is this
“Write lines as long as a dictionary,”
Simile
What type of figurative language is “She was feeling under the weather.”?
Idiom
“A man jumped in the water, and the water went splash”. What type of figurative language?
Onomatopoeia
What is this figurative language: i blew my nose so hard acorns fell out.
hyperbole
We are walking to the park. Is it past, present, or future tense.
Present Tense.
What type of punctuation is used for exclamatory sentences?
EXCLAMATION MARK
Find the TWO errors:
Quad went to the park with his freinds but the park was closed.
misspelled friends
comma before but
What type of sentence is this an example of, “I studied for a test, so I made a good grade.”?
Compound sentence
My group and i lost at the class game but it is because my group did not study. What part of speech is being used?
conjunctions
Is this correct punctuation? Why/why not?
I saw a cute dog that wagged it's tail when I pet it.
No. Supposed to be its, not it’s.
When I woke up today I did my usual morning routine. Then I went to school when I found out that I was in trouble. I was thinking about what I did when the principal called me into the office. She told me that I was in trouble because I was cursing. Then she made me go and apologize to the people I cussed out, and that day she called my parents.
What is the text structure?
Sequence
What type of text structure is this?: The starfish is pink and bumpy.
DESCRIPTION
What type of text structure tells about something in order?
sequence
What type of text structure uses “because, so, as a result, and therefore.”?
Cause and effect
Many people often don't have a pencil sharpener and when they do it gets messy so people get mechanical pencils so that they don't have to make a mess And get up to sharpen they also never run out of lead because u can refill it.
Problem and solution
Is this problem and solution? Jack cant eat ice cream because he is lactose intolerant; he eats it in a bowl instead.
No, because the problem was not solved.
Who was the protagonist in the story The Giver??
Jonas
What is setting in a story?
WHEN AND WHERE THE STORY TAKES PLACE
What is the preface of a book?
the introduction to a book
What is a theme?
What the author is trying to convey in a story/a message
Where the story takes place
Setting
Is this a theme?: I saw in the woods it was bright and gloomy.
No
What does the idiom mean?
an expression which has a meaning that isn’t predictable and is different from the expected or normal meanings of something.
What tense is the verb in this sentence: I swam yesterday?
PAST TENSE
Yes or No. Is this a theme for “The Giver”? It's good to trust everyone.
No
If you are the bad guy in a story, what kind of story element are you?
Antagonist
The lesson the author wants you to learn
Theme
What is the past tense for Hurt ?
Hurt