Prefixes
What does it mean to be a dishonest person?
A. Not trustworthy
B. Trustworthy
A. Not trustworthy
+100 points if you can tell me the prefix of "dishonest" and the prefix's meaning.
Which is less likely to be described as tasteless?
A. Water
B. Orange juice
B. Orange juice
Select the pronoun.
I did not destroy the sand castle!
I
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What are context clues, and why do we use them?
What graphic organizer is used for compare and contrast?
Venn diagram
Why might someone become inactive?
A. Because they have broken a bone.
B. Because they are training for a marathon.
A. Because they have broken a bone.
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Which is more manageable?
A. Completing a week's worth of homework in one night.
B. Completing a day's worth of homework in one night.
B. Completing a day's worth of homework in one night.
List 5 prepositions.
Prepositions show position or time!
Which word means medicine or treatment?
Vitamin C is a popular remedy for the common cold. However, research shows that vitamin C does not prevent any illness.
Remedy
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A text about the Statue of Liberty would most likely be what text structure?
A. Descriptive
B. Cause and effect
A. Descriptive
Which is a nonchemical way of cleaning the floor?
A. Using a mop and bleach
B. Using a broom and dustpan
C. Using a rag and dish soap
B. Using a broom and dustpan.
Who is more skillful?
A. A proffesional athlete.
B. An ameture athlete.
A. A professional athlete.
Which is a run-on sentence?
A. Representatives from four countries talked about a treaty.
B. Wyatt works for the newspaper, he writes about sports.
B. Wyatt works for the newspaper, he writes about sports.
Which word means to deal with?
I have so much to do today. I must mop the floor, wash the dishes, and do laundry. I will need an energy drink to make sure I have enough energy to tackle all of my chores by the end of the day,
Tackle
What graphic organizer is most commonly used for order/sequence?
A timeline.
What would be an undesirable effect of medicine?
A. Making you sick
B. Making you better
A. Making you sick
Which is more arguable?
A. Whether it's more fun to go to the beach or the mountains.
B. Whether Antarctica is warmer than the Amazon Rainforest.
A. Whether it's more fun to go to the beach or the mountains.
Correct the two capitalization errors.
By urban population, Mexico City, the capital of mexico, is the largest city in north America.
Mexico and North America
Select the word that means forces a liquid under the skin.
People often confuse the words poisonous and venomous. An animal is poisonous if it causes harm when another animal touches or eats it. For example, the golden dart frog is covered with toxins, or harmful materials, that can be deadly to touch. An animal is venomous if it injects another animal with a toxin. A cobra, for example, uses its fangs to harm prey with toxins.
Injects
Which text structure does the text use?
All water on Earth is part of a cycle. Here's a simple way to think of it. Imagine a drop of water starting in the ocean. The sun heats the water. Then, the water evaporates, rising into the air as water vapor. Water vapor is the gas form of water. After that, water vapor collects together into clouds in the atmosphere. Next, the water falls from the clouds back to Earth as rain or snow. Finally, the water flows through streams and rivers back into the sea, and the cycle continues.
A. Compare and contrast
B. Order/sequence
B. Order/sequence
What is the advantage of nontoxic cleaning products?
A. They are more affordable.
B. They are safer.
B. They are safer.
Why would you want something to be portable?
A. So that no one can take it away from you.
B. So that you can carry it with you
B. So that you can carry it with you
+100 points: What does the prefix -able mean?
Add a comma to the sentence.
I love pizza with extra pepperoni but hamburgers are my all-time favorite food.
I love pizza with extra pepperoni, but hamburgers are my all-time favorite food.
Select the word that means extremely bad.
In the early 1900s, thousands of children were in the workforce in the United States. A teacher named Lewis Hine quit his job to take pictures of children at work. His pictures showed the brutal conditions that children were often forced to work in. For example, they worked long hours digging in mines and operating dangerous machinery in factories. Hine's pictures helped to create the first laws aimed at protecting working children.
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Brutal
List the five text structures of non-fiction text. Provide an example of one text structure.
Compare and contrast, problem and solution, order/sequence, descriptive, and cause and effect.