Poetry
True or False: All poems need to rhyme.
False
What is the purpose and point of the paragraph?
Main Idea
the boy ran away.
What is wrong with this sentence?
It needs a capital letter at the start.
What figurative language is a comparison of two things using "like" or "as"?
Simile
The thought of eating a rat is ABHORRENT to most people.
What does abhorrent mean?
Horrible or nasty
What is the "paragraph" of a poem called?
Stanza
What the moral/lesson learned in a text called?
Theme
Did you see the boy run He is going to the store.
What is missing in the sentence?
A question mark after boy.
What figurative language describes non-human things with human qualities?
Personification
Over the holidays, families can show their GENEROSITY by donating food to the homeless.
What does generosity mean?
Willingness to give
What is the "sentence" of a poem called?
Line
What is a conclusion reached by using an educated guess?
Inference
Which is the correct spelling?
A. acomplish
B. accomplish
C. accomplissh
D. acomplich
B. accomplish?
What is figurative language is this an example of:
Tom taught Tina to play tennis.
Alliteration
When you read you often come to words that you don't know. One way to find out a words meanings is to look for_________________________________
Context Clues
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I passed ELA
I hope you did too!
What is the rhyme scheme/pattern?
ABAB
In a text, what is anything that helps to prove that something is or is not true?
Evidence
The boy said, I am going to the store.
What is missing?
Quotation marks around what the boy is saying.
What are these examples of?
BOOM! BAM! Bzzzzzzz! Ringgggg!
Onomatopoeia
The garrulous boy rambled on continuously as he told his mother about his day at school.
What does garrulous mean?
talkative
What are the spaces in between stanzas called?
What are these items called: diagrams, timelines, captions, photographs, graphs, subtitles, headings?
Text Features
Which is correct?
A. The teacher Mrs. Hickok teaches 7th grade ELA.
B. The teacher, Mrs. Hickok, teaches 7th grade ELA.
C. The teacher "Mrs. Hickok" teaches 7th grade ELA.
B. The teacher, Mrs. Hickok, teaches 6th grade ELA.
What is the difference between a simile and metaphor?
A smilie uses "like" or "as" while a metaphor uses "is" or "was" to compare two things.
The teacher summarized the previous chapter of the book before we read the next one.
What does summarized mean?
To give a brief statement of the main points