VOCAB/SPELLING
Which word is spelt incorrectly?
Acquit
Acceptible
Refine
What is,
Acceptible
How do we spell it?
What is a pronoun?
What is,
The word that takes the place of a noun in a sentence. Such as he/she/her/they.
Give me an example of a hyperbole.
What is,
I am so hungry I could eat a horse.
Give me a word with the prefix "fore" and means to estimate or predict the future.
What is,
foreshadowing.
What's Ms. Fentress's favorite color?
What is,
Green.
Define:
Impeccable
What is,
To have a neat, orderly, appearance, perfect, flawless
What is a verb?
What is,
an action word that explains what the noun is doing.
Give me an example of a simile.
What is,
Her smile was like sunshine.
What is a root word?
What is,
basic part of a word from which other words are formed. It carries the main meaning of the word and can stand alone or be combined with prefixes (added to the beginning) or suffixes (added to the end) to create new words.
What does Ms. Fentress like to do in her free time?
What is,
listen to live music, find new music, go to concerts.
Define as a verb:
Alert
What is,
To warn to be ready
What is an intensive pronoun?
What is,
a special kind of pronoun that you use to emphasize or highlight who’s doing something. It’s like giving extra attention to a person or thing in your sentence. Example: Himself, herself, myself
Give me an example of a metaphor.
What is,
His voice is music to my ears.
What is a suffix?
What is,
the ending of a word that changes its meaning.
What is Ms.Fentress's favorite food?
What is,
Cheeseburgers.
What does connotation mean?
What is,
the feeling a words gives you.
What is a possessive noun ?
What is,
shows who or what owns something. It's like putting a label on something to show who it belongs to. Example:
Singular Possessive Nouns
The cat's toy (The toy belongs to the cat).
Plural Possessive Nouns:
The dogs' park (The park belongs to multiple dogs)
Give me an example of personification.
What is,
The old house groaned under the weight of the snow.
What does the affix "ab" mean?
What is,
Away from
Does Ms. Fentress have any siblings?
What is,
a brother.
What does denotation mean?
What is,
the literal meaning of a word
Can you add a nonrestrictive element to this sentence?
My friend Jane is coming over later.
What is,
My friend Jane, who lives in the city, is coming over later.
Give me an example of irony.
What is,
A man spends years planning the perfect vacation to avoid bad weather, only to have a massive storm hit the destination just as he arrives.
What is,
refresh
redo
rejuvenate
Finish the lyric:
An old man turned 98,
What is,
He won the lottery and died the next day.
What is this an example of?