A part of speech that shows action or a state of being.
What is a VERB
100
To make an "inference" means to make an __________.
What is educated guess.
100
a type of writing that reflects real people, events, and places is called __________________.
What is nonfiction.
100
Is this statement TRUE or FALSE?
Fiction is not real, but it can be based on things that could actually happen in real life.
What is true.
100
Is the following sentence COMPLETE or INCOMPLETE?
Ran to the store to grab milk.
What is INCOMPLETE (there is no SUBJECT/NOUN).
200
A word that DESCRIBES a noun.
What is an adjective.
200
What does it mean to use "context clues"?
What is looking at surrounding words to determine the meaning of a new word.
200
A type of nonfiction where a person writes a story about his/her own life is called _________________.
What is autobiography
200
_________________ fiction is fiction that is modern, relevant, and has themes that we can relate to because they occur in our present day culture.
What is contemporary fiction.
200
Explain in your own words what this means:
"The MORAL of the story is....."
Hint: We often learn a moral or a ________at the end of fables.
What is the lesson the reader learns from the story.
300
A person, place, or thing is a ______________>
What is a noun.
300
Making connections between what I already know to something I'm about to learn is called __________.
What is prior knowledge.
300
A type of nonfiction where a person writes a story about another person's life is called a __________________.
What is biography.
300
_______________ is the attitude an author conveys about a subject in his/her writing.
What is tone.
300
A SYNONYM is ________________________.
What is two words that have similar meanings.
400
True or False:
EVERY sentences must have both a noun and a verb.
What is True.
400
To explain the key points and main ideas of a reading passage is to write a ________________________.
What is a summary.
400
Documents that were written during the time period in which the event took place and have a lot of historical value are called ________________________.
What is primary source historical documents.
400
_______________ is when we expect one thing to happen, but something totally different ends up happening.
What is IRONY.
400
An antonym is a word that has the __________________ meaning from another word.
What is opposite.
500
A word that describes a verb, often ends in "ly," and shows how an action is being completed.
What is an adverb.
500
The dictionary definition of a word is called D___________, and the emotions and feelings associated with a word is called C______________.
What is connotation and denotation
500
The 6 questions answered in newspaper articles (and also that I should ask when I'm reading a passage...).
What is who, what, when, where, why, and how.
500
The five elements of fiction/short stories are.....
What is plot, characters, theme, conflict/resolution, and setting.
500
Name ONE thing you learned this semester in English Foundations.