Grammar
A prefix is added to the ______ of a word to change the meaning.
Beginning
Define an:
1. Adjective
2. Verb
3. Noun
Bonus Question (200 pts): What is the difference between a noun and a proper noun? Give an example using your teacher.
Adjective: Descriptive word
Verb: Action word
Noun: person place thing or idea
Bonus: Noun is the thing/person, proper noun is the name of it.
Ex: teacher-noun Ms. Medlock- proper noun
Which type of figurative language is the following phrase? (Simile, Metaphor, Idiom, Hyperbole, Personification, Alliteration)
"My alarm clock shrieked at me to wake up."
Personification: Giving human like qualities to an inhuman object.
Name the fictional stories we have read this year in class as apart of our novel study.
Holes, Hoot, Harry Potter, Percy Jackson.
What is a characters point of view?
The perspective of the character in the story.
A suffix is added to the ______ of a word to change the meaning.
End
Give me 3 examples of an adjective.
green, tall, loud
accept any logical answer.
Which type of figurative language is the following phrase? (Simile, Metaphor, Idiom, Hyperbole, Personification, Alliteration)
"I'm so hungry I could eat a horse!"
Hyperbole - an extreme exaggeration
What are the three genres of writing we focus on most in 5th grade.
fiction (narrative), non-fiction (informational), and poetry
What are internal vs. external character traits?
Bonus (400 pts): Give me 2 examples of each for your favorite character in Harry Potter.
Internal character traits: What’s inside (thoughts, feelings, personality)
External character traits: What we can see (appearance, actions)
We NEVER start a sentence with what type of speech?
For double points: (Why?)
a conjunction
words like: and, or, but, because
What is an adverb?
What does it usually end with?
a word that describes an adjective, verb or other adverb.
Usually ends with -ly.
Which type of figurative language is the following phrase? (Simile, Metaphor, Idiom, Hyperbole, Personification, Alliteration)
"Sally sold sea shells by the sea shore."
Bonus (100 pts): If you can think of your own.
Alliteration: A phrase that starts with the same sound.
Define a fictional story.
What kinds of things would we find in a fictional story that is not in non-fiction?
A made up story typically designed to teach a lesson or entertain.
Contains characters, setting, told in a characters perspective, problems, solutions, lessons learned.
Define an inference.
An inference is a conclusion you reach by combining clues from the text with what you already know, but the answer is not directly found in the text.
Define dialogue vs internal dialogue.
What should dialogue always have around it in a sentence?
Dialogue: What a character says out loud. Needs quotation marks around it.
Internal Dialogue: What a character thinks in their head.
What is the difference between a preposition and a pronoun?
Give examples
Pronouns replace a noun in a sentence.
ex: he, him, her, she, they, them, we, you, etc
Prepositions show when and where a subject is in a sentence.
ex. over, around, under, through, beside, behind, above, below, on.
Which type of figurative language is the following phrase? (Simile, Metaphor, Idiom, Hyperbole, Personification, Alliteration)
"It's raining cats and dogs outside."
Idiom: the meaning of the phrase cannot be understood by just looking at the words said.
Define non-fiction writing.
Give an example
Something based on fact, typically written to teach about a certain topic - not a made up story.
Article, text book, report, etc.
What is imagery?
Imagery is descriptive language that helps a reader "see" or experience a scene using their five senses.
A sentence should have what 4 things?
1. Start with..
2. End with..
3.(Part of sentence structure)
4.(Part of sentence structure)
1. Start with a Capital letter.
2. End with a period (appropriate punctuation)
3. Subject (what the sentence is about).
4. Predicate (what the subject is doing/what applies to the subject).
Identify all 8 parts of speech in the sentence:
"Wow, she and her smart brother quickly ran through the forest, but I stayed behind."
Give an example of both a simile and a metaphor.
Define both a simile and a metaphor, how are they different.
A simile makes a comparison using the words "like" or "as" (ex: "life is like a box of chocolates"), while a metaphor states the comparison directly, asserting one thing is another.(ex: "life is a roller coaster").
What genre of writing uses stanzas, imagery and typically uses a lot of metaphors to get an idea across to the reader?
Name all 6 parts of plot in order.
1. Exposition
2. Inciting Incident
3. Rising Action
4. Climax
5. Falling Action
6. Resolution