ELA
What is a synonym for big?
Huge, gigantic, enormous, large, ginormious
The beginning of every sentence needs to start with ___.
What is a capital letter?
What is a paragraph in a poem called?
stanza
Fix this sentence:
my favorite holiday is christmas
Capital letter for "M" in My
Capital letter for "C" in Christmas
Period at the end
Grandpa's car is the ____________ car in the family.
a. new
b. newer
c. newest
c. newest
Laura's thin cries, lost in the wind, lost on the enormous bigness of the prairie.
What does "thin" mean?
a. having a little body fat
b. weak
B. Weak
A person, place, thing animal or idea.
What is a noun?
Name three character traits.
hard-working, quiet, kind, helpful, rude, lazy, loving, caring, selfish, greedy, etc.
How many syllables are in the word "kitten" and how do you know?
2
Vanilla ice cream is the best ice cream in the world.
Is this a fact or an opinion.
Opinion
What is the right suffix for SLEEP
a) sleepen
b) sleepest
c) sleepy
c. sleepy
What does the word "preheat" mean?
Heat before..
Pre- before
What are the three componants of a plot?
Rising action, climax, and resolution
What does this mean?
"The classroom was a zoo!"
It was messy, chaotic, really busy.
Was the classroom really a zoo? Bonus points if you can say the literary structure used here!
What does conflict in a story mean?
Problem
Which homophone is correct?
Jil got a ____________ of cozy socks for her birthday.
a. Pair
b. Pear
A. Pair
The name for an action word.
What is a verb?
Which of these is an abstract noun?
run, blue, basketball, courage
courage
What does the prefix "re" mean?
Again, another time.
Which word has the same vowel sound as "distraught"?
a. laugh
b. chalk
c. also
d.rainfall
chalk
What is the adverb in this sentence?
She spoke softly to her teacher.
softly
WHICH IS CORRECT?
A) They're going to do a great job.
B) Their going to do a great job.
C) There going to do a great job.
They're
They are
What is a simile?
A literary device comparing two things using "like" or "as".
or "figurative language"
What is a conjunction?
The word used to "glue" two sentences together to make one.
What is the antonym for loud?
quiet
What is theme?
The lesson or moral being taught throughout the story.
Tells what's happening in a picture
What is a caption?
Who is an illustrator?
A person who create images and drawings for a story.
What is the text structure an author uses when she looks at how two things are alike and different?
Compare and contrast
What does the suffix -ion mean?
The action or condition of something