They (talk/talked) on the phone for three hours last night.
which verb tense is correct?
What is talked?
100
The narrator is usually a main character and uses I and me.
What is first person?
100
What is an example of onomatopoeia?
What is honk, beep, moo, cluck, oink, quack, roof, sss! sshhh, bam etc.
100
lines grouped together like a paragraph in a poem?
What is a stanza?
200
We are going to the book fair (to/too).
Which is correct?
What is too.
200
Break apart the word "impassable" into its correct affixes.
What is im- (prefix) not or the opposite of, pass (base word) to go through, able (suffix) to do
200
The narrator is not a main character and uses she, he, they or it.
What is third person?
200
Amanda missed the bus and was late for school.
What is the cause and effect?
What is cause - Amanda missed the bus. effect - she was late for school.
200
The suffix that changes adjectives to adverbs.
What is -ly?
300
Ms. Peyton's favorite number
What is 7?
300
a pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables
What is meter?
300
What is the prefix and prefix meaning.
unlucky
What is un- and not?
300
What are some ways to understand context clues?
What is look before and after the unknown word, search for clues, hear or say the word, the type of word, up 3 down 3, examples and explanations, affixes, synonyms and antonyms and inferences.
300
What are the 6 types of context clues?
What are definitions, example or illustrations, contrast, logic, root words and affixes, and grammar?
400
another word for hero and villain?
What is protagonist (hero) and antagonist (villain)?
400
This meaning is actually different from its literal meaning.
What is an idiom?
400
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
Similes compare things using the words like or as and metaphors do not.
400
Make an inference.
I had finally gotten used to being weightless. It became a comfortable feeling. I especially liked floating by the window to see the planet Earth below.
What is an astronaut?
400
John didn't know what to take to school for Show and Tell. He asked his mother for an idea. She suggested he take the ribbon his dog won at the pet parade.
What type of text structure is this passage?
What is problem and solution?
500
What are the 6 types of texts structures?
What is chronological, sequence, cause and effect, problem and solution, compare and contrast, and description.
500
What is something you know about "characters' perspectives?
what characters think, their feelings, opinions, they may be different or change in the story
500
What are the elements of a story? (7)
setting, characters, sequence, exposition, conflict, climax and resolution.
500
What is the difference between "main idea" and "theme"?
Main idea is what the passage is about including details from the text.
Theme is the message or lesson that the author is trying to tell us.
500
What are the 6 types of question?
summary, main idea, author's purpose, give proof, word meaning and infer.