Parts of Speech
The cow jumped over the moon
Moon is a __________________
What is a noun?
Definition of Metaphor
To compare one thing to another without using like or as
My grandparents never __________ fast food.
eat/ eats
correct spelling
deside dicide decide
What is decide?
The opposite of interested
What is uninteresting?
Verbs are
What are action words?
He was a roaring lion in anger, though he is now silent.
What is a metaphor?
Comparing adjectives
Mom thinks that driving is ___________ than canoeing (dangerous)
What is more dangerous?
When something is funny you ___________
What is laugh?
A synonym of accurate
What is correct?
fast, slowly, yesterday, usually, quickly
What are adverbs?
He has learned gymnastic and is as agile as a monkey
What is a simile?
correct this sentence
Yesterday the teacher tell us not to bring our bags to school
What is yesterday the teacher told us not to bring our bags to school?
This word has the same letters as: dose, but change the order to spell it
What is does?
scent/ cent/sent
What are homophones?
The lion sank into an enormous mangrove swamp
Enormous is an ___________
What are adjectives?
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before
What are alliterations?
The object of the sentence
The children played at the park all day long
What is at the park all day long?
Not here but over _____________
What is there?
Add a prefix to read to change it's meaning to mean read again
What is reread?
The adjectives in this paragraph below:
My mom is a good cook. She buys fresh food and cooks fantastic meals. Yesterday we had hot soup and spicy chicken. Then we has juicy mango and ice cream which was smooth and delicious.
good, fresh, fantastic, hot, spicy, juicy, smooth, delicious
Good writers use them to make their writing more interesting
What are figurative devices?
Find the predicate
The men were standing at the entrance to the school's gate
What is at the entrance to the school's gate?
Choose the correct spelling of the word
creight crete create
What is create?
The definition for agile
What is move quickly or easily?