Language
Clue: This part of speech replaces a noun to avoid repetitive language, such as he, she, or they.
Answer: What is a pronoun?
Clue: The main lesson, moral, or big idea the author wants you to learn from a story.
Answer: What is the theme?
Clue: The first sentence of a paragraph designed to grab the reader's attention.
Answer: What is a hook?
Clue: This giant mammal is the largest animal to ever live on Earth.
Answer: What is the blue whale?
Clue: This is Ms. Justice's absolute favorite food to eat on a Friday night.
What is hot fries?
Clue: In the sentence "She quickly ran to the bus," the word "quickly" serves as this part of speech.
Answer: What is an adverb?
Clue: Comparing two different things using the words "like" or "as," such as "busy as a bee."
Answer: What is a simile?
Clue: Connecting words like first, next, finally, or however that help writing flow smoothly. These are referred to as what?
Answer: What are transition words?
Clue: This primary color mixed with blue creates the color purple.
Answer: What is red?
Clue: When Ms. Justice isn't teaching, you can usually find her doing this favorite hobby.
What is reading or crocheting?
Clue: Every complete sentence needs a subject and this part, which tells what the subject is doing or being.
Answer: What is a predicate (or verb)?
Clue: The perspective from which a story is told, such as 1st person ("I") or 3rd person ("he/she").
Answer: What is point of view?
Clue: The step in the writing process where you fix spelling, punctuation, and capitalization mistakes.
Answer: What is editing (or proofreading)?
Clue: The block-building game where players survive creepers and explore endless worlds.
Answer: What is Minecraft?
Clue: Ms. Justice has this many pets at home.
What is four? (2 cats and 2 dogs)
Clue: Words that sound the same but have different meanings and spellings, like their, there, and they're.
Answer: What are homophones?
Clue: Giving human qualities to objects or animals, like "The wind whispered through the trees."
Answer: What is personification?
Clue: This type of writing tells a story, whether real or made-up.
Answer: What is narrative writing?
Clue: This continent is the coldest, driest, and windiest place on Earth.
Answer: What is Antarctica?
Clue: When Ms. Justice was in 8th grade, this was her favorite subject in school.
What is science?
Clue: A person, place, thing, or idea that capitalized because it names a specific noun, like Disney World or Tuesday.
Answer: What is a proper noun?
Clue: Making an educated guess about what is happening in a story using clues from the text and what you already know.
Answer: What is an inference (or inferring)?
Clue: In a persuasive/opinion/argumentative paragraph, this sentence states your main point or opinion that you plan to prove.
Answer: What is a topic sentence (or claim)?
Clue: Honey never spoils; archaeologists have found edible honey thousands of years old inside tombs in this country.
Answer: What is Egypt?
Clue: This is Ms. Justice's go-to music artist or band to listen to while working. (She's seen them live 5 times this summer)
Who is 5 Seconds of Summer?