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Context Clues
Figurative Language
Parts of Speech
Research
Grab Bag
100
The first review on the Harry Potter movie was (favorable). Many people attended and enjoyed the movie. Some people even saw the movie three times!
What is good?
100
Mrs. Lohr is blind as a bat without her contacts.
What is a simile?
100
The part of speech that tells the action or state of being of a noun.
What is a verb?
100
Giving credit to an author when using his or her work prevents this.
What is plagiarism?
100
You add this to make a singular noun possessive.
What is an 's?
200
The boy knew that the lake was (teeming) with bass, so he brought a big net to help get the fish in the boat.
What is overflowing?
200
Jill’s hair is a swirling black cloud.
What is a metaphor?
200
The part of speech that will be found in the subject of a sentence.
What is a noun?
200
This is the basic information needed to cite a source.
What is author's name, title, and publishing information?
200
Solve the analogy... Gill is to breathe as fin is to ____________________.
What is swim?
300
Thomas went to the (apex) of the mountain, and because it was so high, he had to take a tank of oxygen with him.
What is peak?
300
Three gray geese grazed in the green field.
What is alliteration?
300
Writer's must use both of these in order to write a complete sentence.
What is a subject and a predicate?
300
The purpose of this part of the five paragraph essay is to inform the reader what the paper will be about.
What is a thesis statement?
300
Adding this to the word hero will make it plural.
What is -es?
400
The (frigid) air seemed to suck his breathe away as he attempted to finish his first snowman of the season.
What is cold?
400
The rain plays a little sleep song on our roof at night.
What is personification?
400
The complete predicate of the following sentence is... The JHS basketball team is raising money for cancer research.
What is ...is raising money for cancer research.
400
This is where the thesis statement is located in a five paragraph essay.
What is the last sentence of the first paragraph?
400
The word HER is this part of speech.
What is a personal pronoun?
500
The (apparatus) that Jill used to connect the fabric was similar to a sewing machine, but this one did all of the work while she just pushed a button.
What is a tool?
500
Jenn’s legs were rubber after running the marathon.
What is a metaphor?
500
This is the function of a conjunction.
What is to join two complete sentences.
500
This type of essay must be exactly five paragraphs.
What is a five paragraph essay?
500
You have a sentence fragment if you are missing one of these.
What is a subject or a predicate?