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This type of noun is always capitalized.
What is a proper noun?
The setting describes these in a story.
What is the time and place where a story takes place?
A literary device that compares two things using "like" or "as."
What is a simile.
What does the prefix un- mean in the word unusual?
A. Very
B. Not
C. Again
D. Before
What is B. Not
The name for an action word.
What is a verb?
This text structure puts events in order.
What is sequential or chronological order?
The message that is in the story or what the story is about.
What is the theme?
A literary device called personification.
Personification gives human qualities to nonhuman beings or objects.
The root port means “to carry.” What does the word portable mean?
A. Easy to carry
B. Hard to move
C. Full of energy
D. Very large
What is A. Easy to carry
A person, place, thing, or idea is known as this part of speech.
What is a noun?
The author's purpose for writing is commonly known as PIE.
What is
Persuade
Inform and
Entertain
This text structure is used by an author uses when they look at how two things are alike and different.
What is compare and contrast?
Comparing two things by saying one thing "is" the other instead of using "like" or "as."
What is a metaphor?
What does the word transport mean if the root port means “to carry”?
To carry from one place to another
This part of speech describes a verb and frequently ends with an "ly."
The six steps we use when there is a writing prompt.
A- Analyze the prompt
N- Notes set up
S- Select evidence while reading
W- Write (We're off to the R.A.C.E.S!)
E- Edit and
R- Revise
The lesson or moral being taught throughout the story.
What is the theme?
The reason why authors use figurative language
What is to make the writing more interesting and help readers imagine.
The Greek root meaning water.
What is an adjective?
The anagram we use to remember what we should include in an essay. What does each letter stand for?
R- Restate the Prompt
A- Answer the question
C- Cite the passage
E- Explain how the quote supports your answer
S- Summarize
The name for what the text is mostly about.
An example of a Hyperbole is "I have a million things to do today."
What is because Hyperboles are exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally.
A poem type that originated from Japan using only three lines which follow the 5-7-5 pattern of syllables.
What is a haiku?
A short word used as a substitute for a noun or noun phrase, acting as a placeholder to avoid repetition
What is a pronoun?
Which sentence is written correctly?
A. my brother plays soccer every weekend
B. My brother plays soccer every weekend.
C. My brother plays soccer, every weekend.
D. my brother plays soccer, every weekend.
What is B. My brother plays soccer every weekend.
Read the sentence:
Lena hurried home as dark clouds filled the sky.
What is the setting of this story?
A. A sunny park
B. A stormy afternoon
C. A busy school
D. A quiet morning
What is B. A stormy afternoon
Read the sentence:
The classroom was a zoo during indoor recess.
What type of figurative language is used?
A. Simile
B. Metaphor
C. Hyperbole
D. Personification
What is B. Metaphor
The prefix mis- means “wrong” or “bad.”
What does the word misread mean?
A. To read quickly
B. To read again
C. To read incorrectly
D. To stop reading
What is C. To read incorrectly
Read the sentence:
The small puppy barked loudly at the mail carrier.
Which word is an adverb?
A. small
B. puppy
C. barked
D. loudly
What is D. loudly