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100

I forgot my umbrella at school so I got soaked on my way home.

A. Compare/contrast

B. Problem/solution

C. Cause/effect

C. Cause/effect

100

1 example of punctuation

Periods;commas;semicolons;dashes;hyphens

100

The past tense of swim

Swam

100

What word does this definition go with?

Something that does not change; something known to be true.  

Fact

100

A story that is not real, the story is made up.

What is fiction?


100

Opinion or fact?

The beach is way more fun than the pool.

An Opinion

200

What is a central message of a story called?

 The big idea of a story (theme)

200

What is a contraction

Two words put together using an apostrophe to shorten the word.

200

What is the rising action of a story?

The events that lead up to the climax

200

What do you look at to find the main topic of a text?

The Title

200

A person who writes a book

An author

200

Name all of the FANBOYS

Double points if you can name the TYPE of sentence you use FANBOYS in.

For And Nor But Or Yet So

FANBOYS are used in compound sentences.

300

The girl found a multitude of baseball cards in an old shoe box.

What does Multitude mean?

A. Dirty

B. Many

C. Dusty

B. Many

300

Part of speech describes the action is called the what?

Verb

300

What is the difference between Mrs., Ms., and Miss?

Mrs.-a woman who is married

Ms.-a woman who was married but is not anymore

Miss-a woman who is not and has never been married

300

What are the 3 main points of view?

1st person, 2nd person, 3rd person, 

300

Which author's purpose: The author tries to convince the reader to do/try something?

Persuade 

300

Does this sentence need an adjective or a noun?

Claire's _______ dog loves to go to the park.

What is an adjective?

400

What is the contraction of had not?

Hadn't

400

Girl, pink, gigantic, eclectic 

These words are examples of what part of speech?

Adjectives

400

What is wrong with the following sentence:

The twins jumped on the bed and bumped there heads

(*If you want a hint for how many errors in this sentence, you will lose 200 points from the 400.)


There should be their (possession)

Sentence needs a period.

400

What is an informational text? 

A text that tells us information about a specific topic. 

400

What is an example of a preposition?

around, on, near, after, below, etc...

400

What are compound words?

Two or more root words are merged into a new and different word.

500

I tried explaining to my mom that the leftover lunch in the fridge was ____________.

A. Mines

B. Mine

C. Minne

B. Mine

500

Give me a word that uses a vowel pair syllable and a vowel-r syllable.

feet, meet, moon, soon, boy, employ, coil, soil

bird, chirp, star, car, fork, storm, fern, churn

500

What is a theme?

The lesson or moral found in a story.

500

What is the difference between a fact and an opinion?

A fact is a true statement that has evidence to support it. An opinion is not always true and is your personal belief.



 

500

To find the differences and similarities between the two stories.

comparing and contrasting

500

How many syllables in the word gobbledygook?

four

gob / ble / dy / gook