Elementary School
A person, place, or thing
Noun
Synonym of a word is one that what?
Means the same thing
This part of the story is the most exciting part.
What is climax?
A text/book that has real facts is called?
A nonfiction text
The prefix “anti-” means this.
What is against or opposite?
A fairy tale is fiction or non-fiction?
Fiction
What term is used to describe the lesson/message or the tone of the story?
What is theme?
A contradiction between what is expected and what actually happens.
What is irony?
Double Negatives
I'm surprised that you won't get no money. Correct/Incorrect?
What is incorrect? I'm surprised that you won't get money.
The teacher gave the students a test, ___ they were not prepared.
What is "which"?
Jumped is past, present, future tense?
Past tense
The teacher didn't think she deserved no credit. Correct/Incorrect?
What is incorrect? The teacher thought she deserved no credit.
These types of details support your argument in a persuasive essay.
What are evidence or examples?
“The leaves danced in the wind” is an example of ___.
What is "personification"?
A synonym for the word melancholy
What is sad?
Expressing an action that has not yet happened or a state that does not exist yet.
Future Tense
Define the word Homonyms
What are words which have the same spelling and same pronunciation, but different meanings?
Identify the error: “Each of the students have a laptop.”
What is subject-verb agreement ("has" instead of "have")?
What is the perspective from which a story is told called?
Point of View
complete: Yesterday, I ___(WALK) down the street when I ___(see) my English teacher.
was walking - saw
Her, she, it and they are words used when writing in..?
Third Person
Affect vs. Effect
The senior class prank had a major _______ on the entire student body.
What is effect?
This is the technique of restating an idea in different words for emphasis.
What is paraphrasing?
give a synonym AND an antonym for POLITE
syn: kind
ant: rude / impolite
A story device that leaves you on the edge of your seat wanting to know more creating suspense.
What is a cliffhanger?