Words that sound the same, but have different meanings.
What is a homophone?
100
A book of maps.
What is an atlas?
100
My uncle is a great storyteller. Once, he told me about the time he helped a wounded heron. When he bent to pick it up, the bird clamped its beak onto Uncle John's nose! I know that bite must have hurt, but the story made me laugh! The author's purpose is to...
What is to entertain?
100
Sometimes during thunderstorms, pellets of frozen rain called hail fall. Hail can be as little as peas or as big as tennis balls. The larger the hail, the greater the damage it can cause. Hail can dent cars and break windows. It can also ruin fields of crops. The word RUIN means...
What is wreck or destroy?
100
An autobiography is written by someone else. True or False.
What is false?
200
Letters that go at the beginning of a word to change the meaning.
What is a prefix?
200
A resource that has synonyms and antonyms in it to help with writing.
What is a thesaurus?
200
If you have a library card, you can borrow books and movies from the library. You can even keep them at home for a short period of time. At most public libraries, the cards are free. If you don't have one yet, you should get one! The main idea of this passage is...
What is to tell about library cards?
200
Olivia was worn out. She and her friends had played at the park in the morning. Then, they spent the afternoon at the pool. After the pool, they went for a bike ride. She had not known that having fun could make her feel so weary. She was so tired! The word WEARY means....
What is tired?
200
A book with the title "The life of Thomas Jefferson" would be a biography or autobiography?
What is a biography?
300
Words that have opposite meanings.
What is an antonym?
300
An alphabetical list of words and their meanings that are found in the back of a specific book.
What is a glossary?
300
Water freezes when the temperature outside is 32 degrees or less. The pond in the park is frozen. Kids have been skating on it for a couple months. But this week, the weather is going to be very mild. It's supposed to be in the 50's! Make a prediction about the pond.
What is the ice on the pond will melt?
300
Ben's dad works in a factory that manufactures tractors. He has an important job. He checks that the parts are put together the right way. Ben likes to hear his dad's stories about building tractors. When he grows up, he wants to make tractors, too. The word MANUFACTURES means....
What is makes?
300
The three types of authors purpose.
What is to persuade, to inform, and to entertain?
400
A suffix that means "to be without" or "not as much".
What is "less"?
400
Susie is writing a report on abandoned cats in Purcellville during April 2016. What resource will Susie need to use in order to find the information?
What is the internet?
400
A fable is a story that teachers a lesson about life. The characters are often animals that think and talk like people. They tend to keep the same traits from tale to tale. For example, a fox is sly and a peacock is proud. The main idea of this passage is...
What is to tell about fables?
400
Zachary was hiking with friends. The trail was rocky, and he twisted his ankle. He found a stick to lean on, but he still had a bad limp. Even when the path was flat, his walk was crooked. For the rest of the afternoon, he hobbled along behind his pals. The word HOBBLED means...
What is walked unevenly?
400
A biography can be written in chronological or time order. True or False.
What is true?
500
_________ (Witch, Which) of your friends has a ______ (hare, hair) as a pet that likes to ________ (bury, berry) _____ (their, there) carrots?
What is which, hare, bury, their?
500
A group of books in alphabetical order that contains facts and information about a variety of topics.
What is an encyclopedia?
500
If you like water parks, you should come to Willie's Thrilling World of Water! At Willie's, you can surf in a gigantic wave pool. You can dive off make-believe cliffs. You can even ride an inner tube over a raging waterfall! You're sure to be thrilled at Willie's! The author's purpose is to.....
What is to persuade?
500
Gracie heard a boom and felt the building shake. A demolition crew was tearing down the vacant house next to the library. The house had been empty for a long time. The librarian told her that the town would use the open space for a park. The word VACANT means....
What is empty?
500
This text feature is an alphabetical list of topics in a book with page numbers where those topics can be found in that book.