FACT or CAP?
Vocabulary
Figurative Language
ELA Strategies/Acronyms
RANDOM
100

Fact or Cap? 

Curzon wore a red hat

fact

100

What is the definition of the word "Utopia?"

Perfect place/society

100

The bottle rolled off the table like a teardrop.

Simile

100

What acronym do you use to find the author's purpose?

P.I.E

100

What is theme?

lesson learned, moral/message of the story, and it's universal.

200

FACT or CAP?

Annemarie was 16 years old when the war ended

CAP - she was 12 years old

200

Which of the following is the definition of efficient?

a. capable of producing desired results without wasting materials, time, or energy

b. doing things quickly and sloppily, producing things carelessly

c. having the ability to speak quickly and loudly to many different people

d. someone who is always busy and who never seems to rest or relax, energetic

a. capable of producing desired results without wasting materials, time, or energy

200

Money is the only friend that I can count on.

Personification

200
What acronym do you use to write a short response?

RACE

200

What are the 5 plot elements in the plot diagram?

(exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution)

300

FACT or CAP?

The tesseract is used for time travel

FACT

300

Which of the following is most likely the definition of agile?

a. a person who participates in the sport of gymnastics

b. able to move quickly and easily; flexible

c. moving or doing things in a very awkward way

d. to turn something over by throwing it up in the air quickly

b. able to move quickly and easily; flexible

300

I can smell pizza from a mile away.

Hyperbole

300
What are the 6 fiction signposts?
  • Contrasts and Contradictions.
  • Aha Moment.
  • Tough Questions.
  • Words of the Wiser.
  • Again and Again.
  • Memory Moment.
300

Who are the protagonist of Chains, Number the Stars, and A Wrinkle in Time?

Isabel, Annemarie, Meg

400

FACT or CAP?

Rosa Parks was the first woman to not get up out of her seat on a bus

CAP

400

Which of the following is most likely the definition of fault?

a. a bad quality or part of someone's character 

b. being lazy or undisciplined at work or school

c. a mistake or accident someone causes

d. being careless or sloppy with your work

a. a bad quality or part of someone's character 

400

David is a snake for what he did to Shelia.

Metaphor

400

What are the 5 nonfiction signposts?

Contrast and Contradictions

Extreme or Absolute Language

Numbers and Stats

Quoted Words

Word Gaps

400
What is a noun, adjective, and verb?

Noun: person, place, things, or idea

Adjective: describes the noun

Verb: an action

500

FACT OR CAP?

The American Revolution started in 1773

CAP

April 19, 1775 – September 3, 1783

500

What is the definition of sparse?

present only in small amounts: less than necessary or normal

500

I could listen to that song on repeat forever.

Hyperbole

500

Give me 5 test-taking strategies for ELA

Answers will vary

500

Give me a summary of Genesis 2-3 "Adam and Eve" 

God places the two people, Adam and Eve, in the idyllic garden of Eden, encouraging them to enjoy the created world fully, and forbidding them to eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. The serpent convinces Eve to eat from the tree of knowledge. Both Adam and Eve are punished and vanished from the Garden of Eden