parts of speech
a person place or thing
What is a noun
Used to combine words like can not do not
can't don't
What is a contraction
An exaggeration, like
Ms. Carvalho must have had a million cups of coffee!
What is hyperbole?
Maddy was sad and Ms. Sardinha told her, "Don't cry over spilled milk!" This is an idiom that means:
What is don't worry or everything is going to be okay?
This writing prompt means you have to plan a story with a beginning middle and end. You use the same characters, but can add new ones too. You also can use the same setting or a different setting. What type of writing is this?
What is a story about what happens next or continuation?
An action such as jump, sing
What is a verb
Used as a prefix to mean not
( P.S more than one response)
What is un... dis,
Compares two things. Mr Tavares is a volcano about to explode!
What is a metaphor?
When Niko handed Ms. Murphy the note about being the best teacher, she had a lump in her throat!
Ms. Murphy is feeling?
What is proud, emotional, or fighting back tears?
This writing is when you re-write the story as a character from the text. It include all the same characters and events from the original story. What type of writing is this?
What is point of view writing or write the story from another chraracter's perspective?
Describes a noun ( smart, green, shiny)
What is a adjective
A prefix that means before.
___school ___historic
What is pre
Ms.Perry picked up her pals from the playground for a picture.
Is an example of
What is an alliteration?
Every story has this. Some examples are
1. It takes courage to do difficult things.
2. Family will always be there for you.
3. We can do hard things!
What is theme?
This is used to show that there may be more than one answer, but you must pick the most appropriate. It involves making an inference?
For example What is the ______ reason that Mr. Tavares is grumpy?
What is most likely?
A word that describes an action, slowly, quickly
What is an adverb?
This suffix can be added to the end of words to mean a state of
kind____
weak____
starts with an n
What is ness
The snowflakes danced through the sad dark sky.
What is personification?
The boys and girls of Ms. Perry's class made signs and wrote cards to make the new student feel welcome. What would be a good character trait for the class?
What is kind or compassionate?
All stories of fiction have this. It's what happens throughout the story to the main character.
What is plot?
A word used to combine two sentences ,
for, and , but are examples
What is a conjunction
This suffux can be added to the end of a word and means capable of?
teach___ (capable of being taught)
print__ (capable of being printed)
What is /able/
Ms. Rafferty is as kind as a warm summers day!
What is a simile?
This word can be found on a lot of MCAS questions. It means the answer is not obvious and you have to use clues and make an inference.
Hint: It starts with C
What is conclude?
In nonfiction you use this sentence in the beginning to tell the reader what the paragraph is about (main idea)
What is a topic sentence?