LANGUAGE TERMS
What is an adjective AND provide an example of an adjective.
What is: An adjective is a word that describes a person, place, thing, or animal. Example: Big, green, small, etc.
What is the SETTING of a story?
What is: Where the story takes place.
How do you spell "believe" OR "beleive"?
What is: believe
I am a kind of story that tells FACTS. You can learn about different places, people, or animals when you read me. I am:
a. Fiction
b. Non-fiction
What is: Non-Fiction
What is the measurement around a shape called?
What is: Perimeter
What is an antonym for happy?
What is: unhappy, sad
What do we call the main problem or challenge that the characters are trying to solve in the story?
What is: The conflict. It’s the problem that the characters need to fix or figure out.
How do you spell "suceed" or "succeed"?
What is: Succeed
I am a kind of story that is not true. I can have talking animals as characters, and things can happen in my story that could not happen in real life. I am:
a. Fiction
b. Non-fiction
What is: Fiction
What is the VALUE of the 8 in 8214?
What is: 8000
What is a synonym for the word happy? 😊
What is: glad, joyful, content
What do we call the part of the story where the problem is solved and everything comes to an end?
What is: The ending or resolution. This is where the characters find a solution to their problem.
How do you spell: "approval" or "aprooval" or "approvel"?
What is: Approval
What kind of books have stories that happen in the future or in space, with robots or cool technology?
What is: Science Fiction. These books are all about cool inventions and futuristic adventures.
Name 4 provinces of Canada.
What is: Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, and Saskatchewan.
What do we call a word that sounds like the thing it is describing, like "buzz" or "splash"?
What is: Onomatopoeia. These words sound like the noise or action they represent.
What is the turning point in the story, where something big happens that changes everything?
What is: Climax
How do you spell "ignite" or "ignight"?
What kind of books tell the true story about a person’s life and what they did, like a famous singer or scientist?
What is: Biography
What is the formula to find the volume for a cube?
What is: Length x Width x Height
What do we call a group of words that start with the same sound, like "Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers"?
What is: Alliteration. Alliteration is when words close together begin with the same sound.
What is the term that describes the villain to the main character in the story?
What is: Antagonist
What is: Enlightenment
What do you call books that are all about how people lived in the past, with old-fashioned clothes, tools, and ways of life?
What is: Historical Fiction. These books take you back in time to learn about the past in a fun way.
Solve: 4 + 2(4 x 3)