If someone wants to be the president or a
mayor, he or she runs in a political _________.
race
100
An _______ is an open space or a part of a place.
area
100
What is a verb? Provide the definition and two examples.
an action word (run, jump, swim, write)
100
What genre is Watching in the Wild?
nonfiction
100
Triple Jeopardy! 300 points! Provide three examples of graphic aids.
maps, graphs, diagrams, timelines, charts
200
When you ________ people, you bring them something like food or drinks.
serve
200
When you make a ________, you tell what you have learned or found out.
report
200
Triple Jeopardy! 600 points! Choose the word which best completes the sentence. Mollie Patton ________ to me on the phone. talking, talks, talk, talker
talks
200
Define plot.
the sequence of events which occur in a story (beginning, middle and end)
200
What is synonym? Provide the definition and an example.
a word having the same or nearly the same meaning as another word (pretty and beautiful)
300
When you _________ a task, you have completed it with good results.
accomplish
300
Double Jeopardy! 600 points! If you ________ an event, you go to it.
attend
300
True or False: Am, is, are and were are examples of action verbs.
FALSE; Am, is, are and were are all "being" verbs
300
What is the difference between comparing and contrasting?
comparing- you are telling how 2 things are the SAME; contrasting- you are telling how 2 things are DIFFERENT
300
When something is _________, it looks rough and might be torn at the edges.
raggedy
400
Double Jeopardy! 800 points! If you say you are ________ many things, you are working on many projects at the same time.
juggling
400
If something is __________, it can be done.
feasible
400
Identify the word which best completes the following sentence. It ___________ very bright outside. are, were, was, am
was
400
What is a noun? Provide the definition and three examples.
person, place, thing, idea or animal (ball, bat, cow, horse)
400
In which type of reference book would you look to find a synonym for the word pretty?
thesaurus
500
If you have several choices, then you have ___________.
alternatives
500
If you like one thing better than another, you have a ___________.
preference
500
Choose the word which best completes the sentence. We always __________ at Khameron's jokes. laughing, laughs, laughed, laugh's
laughed
500
The ___________ in a story is something that needs to be worked out or solved.
problem
500
If you can wait for someone or something without complaining or getting restless, you have _________.