6th Grade Vocabulary
what term is a color but also used to describe a sad person.
what is blue?
The punctuation that ends a question
What is a question mark
Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers is an example of...
What is alliteration
Correct the spelling...
Febuary
February
Charles Dickens
define simile
What is comparing two things using 'like' or 'as'
"Ouch! "Boom!" "Pow!" are all examples of what?
onomatopoeia
WHAT IS A METAPHOR
direct comparison of things without using like or as
correct the spelling...
persavere
persevere
Name one of Mrs. Frisby's 4 children
Martin, Teresa, Cynthia, and Timothy
what is a homophone
What is a word that is pronounced like another word but has different meaning, spelling, or origin.
What is the first sentence of a paragraph called?
What is a topic sentence?
what point of view would an author use to talk directly to the audience
What is second person point of view
fix the error...
I told them to wash there hands.
their
Give a sentence with personification being correctly used
*varies*
what is a synonym for persuade
What is any word that means getting someone to do something
Fix the sentence...
The Johnsons are going on a trip to canada. The Johnson's car broke down on their way.
Canada (proper nouns are capitalized)
Johnsons' (apostrophe after s because the car belonged to their family, not just one Johnson).
Fix the error...
The water spilling over was the affect of the children horse-playing.
effect
What is the term for words such as radar, kayak, and racecar?
They are palindromes
define definite
What is having defined limits or certainty?
what does FANBOYS stand for
What is For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
What is the correct spelling of exaust?
exhaust
"on the table", or "under the mistletoe" are examples of what part of speech
prepositional phrase