ELA Terminology
The ______ tells when a story takes place.
Answer Choices: taste touch hearing smell sight
Question: bitter, sweet, juicy
taste
Dell Odella Uncle Robert Mother Roman
Question: One of the two youngest who likes to play tik-tac-toe
Roman
common proper possessive
. A _____________ noun does not have a specific name.
squish humming twist twirl shushes feathery
. ________________ singing with closed lips and without words
humming
Memoirs are written in the first person __________.
point of view
Answer Choices: taste touch hearing smell sight
Question: loud, ticking, whisper
hearing
Dell Odella Uncle Robert Mother Roman
Question: _______________- is considered “gifted”
Odella
common proper possessive
. A ______________ noun is a noun with a specific name.
proper
squish humming twist twirl shushes feathery
. ________________ wind or spin around one another
twirl
A ______________ is a type of autobiography that focuses on a particularly meaningful period of the author’s life.
memoir
Answer Choices: taste touch hearing smell sight
Question: bright, colorful, large
sight
Dell Odella Uncle Robert Mother Roman
Question: _______________- loves to hear Woodson’s stories
Uncle Robert
common proper possessive
A _____________ noun shows ownership of something.
possessive
squish humming twist twirl shushes feathery
. _______________ tells or signals someone to be quiet
shushes
To _____________________ is to make notes or markings in a text to better understand it.
annotate
Answer Choices: taste touch hearing smell sight
Question: odor, stench, aroma
smell
Dell Odella Uncle Robert Mother Roman
Question _______________- thinks telling stories is the same as lying
Mother
common proper possessive
One example of a ________________ noun is Croft Middle School.
proper
squish humming twist twirl shushes feathery
________________ light and airy, like the touch of a feather
feathery
________________________ is a word that represents a sound like snap or buzz.
onomatopoeia
Answer Choices: taste touch hearing smell sight
Question: fluffy, prickly, smooth
Dell Odella Uncle Robert Mother Roman
Question: . _______________- one of Woodson’s smart older siblings
Dell
common proper possessive
. One example of a ______________ noun is the word student’s.
possessive
squish humming twist twirl shushes feathery
. ________________ spongy, cushioned feeling when walking on flexible surface
squish