Vocabulary
A type of figurative language where one thing is compared to another using LIKE or AS.
I am AS tall AS a tree.
What is simile
To look at the differences between two things.
What is contrast
The Greedy child was snatching candy from the shelf.
What does the word greedy mean?
What is selfish
June 5 2013
What is missing?
What is a comma after the number 5.
Is a tomato a fruit or a vegetable?
This is an example of what type of figurative language: "It's raining cats and dogs!" meaning it's raining really hard.
What is idiom
To guess or figure out from the evidence
What is infer
I was flabbergasted when I found out I won the art contest.
What does "flabbergasted" mean?
What is shocked, amazed, surprised
They've
What two words are used in this contraction?
What is They and have
What type of vehicle can travel under water?
What is a submarine
These are the parts of a text that support the main idea (the how, why, when, etc).
What is details
Based on figure of speech; authors/poets use words that mean something different then what they say (like similes, metaphors, idioms, etc).
What is figurative language
The relationship between joy/happiness.
What is a synonym
What does playful mean according to the meaning of the suffix?
What is full of play
What was the first toy to be advertised on television?
Who is Mr. Potato Head by Hasbro in 1952
The attitude a writer takes toward the audience.
What is tone
To quote specifically from the text
The relationship between glossary:textbook.
What is part:whole
where should i go to catch the bus.
What corrections should be made? (Hint: 3)
What is a capitalize the w, capitalize the i, and change the period to a question mark.
Which is the largest internal organ in the human body?
What is the liver
Words pronounced alike, but with different meanings.
What is homophones
The reason for the writing; to amuse, persuade, or inform a reader.
What is author's purpose
What is the relationship between did not study: failed the test?
What is cause and effect
Ms. Geijer said do you want to get some pizza after school today?
Where should be add the commas and quotation marks?
What is a comma should go after said, quotations before do, and quotations after the question mark.
Who was the first Disney princess?
Who is Snow White