Vocabulary
Latin/Greek Roots
Figurative Language
More vocabulary
Just for fun
100
Something that makes success more difficult.
What is a disadvantage?
100
ped-
What is foot?
100
My car is a dinosaur! I need to get a new one!
What is a metaphor?
100
Sooner or earlier than...
What is before?
100
The teacher who eats nothing that comes from animals.
Who is Ms. Gagner?
200
To tell details about something so that your listener understands it.
What is to describe?
200
chron-
What is time?
200
Without my glasses, I'm as blind as a bat!
What is a simile?
200
To find ways that two or more things are similar.
What is compare?
200
The teacher who won an award for art.
Who is Mr. Esguerra?
300
The different reasons author's write something. For example, to persuade, inform, describe, or entertain.
What is author's purpose?
300
re-
What is again?
300
Bobby blew bubbles in blue jeans.
What is alliteration?
300
Something difficult for a character experiences. The reader can make inferences about the character based on how he/she responds.
What is a challenge?
300
The teacher who likes Musical Theater?
Who is Coach Carbone?
400
The result of an action or decision. It could be positive or negative.
What is a consequence?
400
Man-
What is hand?
400
The tree's branches danced in the wind.
What is personification?
400
To find ways that two or more things are different?
What is contrast?
400
The teacher who has done the zip line in Mexico.
Who is Ms. Jasey?
500
The following of one thing after another in a regular order. To put events into the order in which they happened.
What is sequence?
500
Port-
What is carry?
500
The term that means a vivid picture created by an author's description of something.
What is imagery?
500
To draw a conclusion or make a statement based on evidence. An idea or information you can figure out from clues in the text.
What is an inference/ to infer?
500
The teacher who has been in a major movie?
Who is Ms. Van?