Person, Place or Thing, Action Words and Describing Words.
100
What are the people or animals in a novel, play, or movie called?
Characters
100
This type of text is fictional, which means the characters and events are made up.
Prose/Story
100
They fought like cats and dogs.
Similie
100
You are reading a chapter in your social studies book and you find a word you do not know. How can you find the definition to the word?
Dictionary
200
What are pronouns? Give 3 examples.
They take the place of a noun.
200
What is the place or time of a story called?
Setting
200
This type of text is a special kind of writing that uses rhyme, rhythm, and meter to express feelings. Many people take their life’s lessons and put them into this type of writing.
Poetry
200
The world is my oyster.
Metaphor
200
You are working on a story about amusement parks. You have used exciting over and over again. Where can you find a synonym for exciting?
Thesaurus
300
What are synonyms and antonyms?
Synonyms are words that have the same or nearly the same meaning.Antonyms are words that have opposite meanings.
300
What is the "overall feeling" of the story called?
Mood
300
This type of writing tells the true of a person’s life. A lot of these are written about famous people in history.
Biography
300
The radio stopped singing and stared at me.
Personification
300
You are working on a story about compare and contrast essay on haunted houses. You need to find an antonym for scary.
Thesaurus
400
What are homophones?
Homophones are two or more words having the same pronunciation but different meanings
400
What is the "overall message" of a story called?
Theme
400
This type of text is expository meaning it tells only facts.
Informational/Scientific
400
Betty bought butter but the butter was bitter, so Betty bought better butter to make the bitter butter better.
Alliteration
400
You would like to travel to Washington D.C. How can you find out where this place is located?
Atlas
500
What are adverbs?
They describe the verb.
500
What is the most exciting part of a story called?
Climax
500
This type of text is written in dialogue that characters say to each other.
Play
500
You could have knocked me over with a feather.
Hyperbole
500
. Your teacher has assigned each person a continent to research. Where would you find information about your continent?