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What's the Word, Hummingbird?
Can't We All Just Get Along?
What Do You Think?
Lost and Found
A Play on Words
100
An opinion based on factual knowledge or experience
What is an inference?
100
Jimmy is fighting against the voices in his head.
What is internal conflict (man vs. self)
100
Paul paced back and forth. The waiting was almost too much. He had studied all week but he just wasn't sure if he passed or not.
What is Paul is waiting to see how he did on his test?
100
Definitions, pronunciation, and parts of speech about words can be found here
What is a dictionary?
100
pumpkin is to orange as tomato is to
What is red?
200
to tell what will happen
What is predict?
200
Pablo is learning to walk again after suffering serious injuries.
What is man vs. self (internal conflict).
200
Katie and her mom had been shopping all day. Every time Katie suggested that go home, her mom would say she had "one more stop to make". Finally, they pulled into the driveway. Katie opened the door to see balloons everywhere as her friends yelled, "Surprise!" What special occasion could this be?
What is "Katie's birthday?"
200
Using one of these really helps your descriptive writing because it has list of synonyms.
What is a thesaurus?
200
Incapable, incomplete, and invisible all share the prefix meaning...
What is not?
300
to rethink, alter, or change
What is revise?
300
A mother and her three children are trying to make it home safely during a blizzard.
What is man vs. nature?
300
The smell of popcorn everywhere and the excitement of being there was almost too much for Kelsey. She had waited all summer for this and was hoping it would be as good as the book was. Where is Kelsey?
What is "at the movies"?
300
When looking for something on the internet, using one of these is very helpful.
What is a search engine (Google, Bing)?
300
predict, dictionary, dictation all share the root which means
What is "to say or tell"?
400
the result or outcome
What is conclusion?
400
A student is trying to access Ms. Butler's online grade book to change his grade.
What is man vs. technology?
400
Mia is new to Parkside. Sitting at a table by herself, she watched a group of girls talking and laughing. She hung her head and continued eating. What is Mia doing?
What is "eating lunch in the cafeteria"?
400
Located in the upper corner of each page, these can help you find words more easily.
What are guide words?
400
hammer is to pound as chainsaw is to
What is cut?
500
a broad statement or ide4a that applies to a group of people or things
What is a generalization?
500
Ms. Butler receives a speeding ticket.
What is man vs. society?
500
"Sam, you know that you're not allowed to use that without permission. I'm going to have to take it and your parents will need to come get it." What was Sam doing?
What is using his cell phone in class?
500
Named for the mythical god doomed to hold up the heavens, it holds a collection of world maps.
What is an atlas?
500
quietly, quickly, and carefully all share a suffix which means
What is "in a way"?