Comprehension
This type of language is not meant to be taken literally.
What is figurative language?
A ____ word is a word that is made up of two or more words that are combined to create a new word or phrase.
What is a compound word?
In order to make a noun possessive a ______ is added.
What is an apostrophe?
Writing is finished with a ________.
What is the conclusion?
Tall like a tree is an example of this type of figurative language.
What is a simile?
This term means to make an educated guess on something based on what you already know.
What is an inference?
A ____ word is the fundamental part of a word that provides its primary meaning.
What is a root word?
Verbs either show action or state of _____.
What is being?
These sentences summarize the main idea of a paragraph, and are placed at the start of the paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
This acronym lists different coordinating conjunctions.
What is FANBOYS?
This is the central message or big idea in a story or a poem.
What is the theme?
A _____ noun is a specific person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a proper noun?
This coordinating conjunction starts with the letter “Y”.
What is yet?
______ is the part of an essay meant to capture a reader’s attention.
What is the hook?
The _____ is what you are trying to argue in a persuasive essay.
What is the claim?
_____ is the reader’s feelings created by the text.
What is tone?
The prefix "mal" as used in the words malnourished or malicious means _____.
What is bad or negative?
A clause contains a subject and a _______.
What is a predicate?
The _____ statement is the main idea of an essay.
What is the thesis?
The name for the punctuation : is ______
What is a colon?
This type of irony is when a person says something but means the opposite.
What is verbal irony?
These words are the present tense version of the word "be".
What is "am", "is", and "are"?
_______ and ______ are the two types of clauses.
What are independent and dependent clauses?
______ words are used to show how ideas relate to one another.
What are transition words?
________ irony occurs when there is an incongruity between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.
What is situational irony?