Context/Sentence Clues
Homographs & Homophones
Prefixes & Suffixes
Verbs
Poetry Elements
100
In the sentence: "The shiny bead made the pencil holders and flower pots glitter in the sunlight." This is the word that helps you understand the meaning of the word glitter.
What is shiny
100
This source would given the MEANING of an unfamiliar word.
What is a dictionary
100
This suffix means "before"
What is -pre
100
This is the past tense form of hop.
What is hopped
100
This is when two things that are not the same are compared.
What is a metaphor
200
In this sentence: "They worked hard and were tired and weary." This word helps you understand what weary means.
What is tired
200
The word draw is a homograph or homophone?
What is a homograph
200
This suffix means "in a certain way"
What is -ly
200
This is used to separate a list of 3 or more things, a date from a year, and a city from a state.
What is a comma
200
This type of poem is about nature, has 3 lines, and a syllable pattern of 5, 7, 5
What is a Haiku
300
Using context clues, what is another word for enjoys in this sentence: Mrs. Knight enjoys chocolate so she ate another piece.
What is likes
300
This word BEST completes BOTH sentences: "Linda will ________ a marker from the box. Then she will ________ a flower on the paper." a. free b. draw c. paint d. jerk
What is b. draw
300
This word means "the feeling of being happy"
What is happiness
300
This word gets added in front of a verb when it's future tense.
What is will
300
The repeated sounds at the end of several words is called:
What is consonance
400
Which word(s) from this sentence lets you know it take place in modern times (not the past). "She uses her cell phone to make a call."
What is cell phone & uses
400
Which sentence uses the homophone correctly? a. Pooh's honey is too sticky. b. Eeyore wants an apple, to. c. Christopher brought to books. d. Piglet went two the store.
What is a. Pooh's honey is too sticky.
400
The prefix -re means this.
What is again
400
The symbol used in time to separate the hour from the minutes is called:
What is colon
400
Which set of words shows an example of consonance: a. soars upward quickly b. height, movement, flight c. takes off, lift d. filling the night sky
What is b. height, movement, flight
500
Using context clues, which pair of words in the sentence are synonyms? "I visualized the scenes as pictures."
What is visualize and pictures.
500
Which sentence uses the homophone correctly? a. Owl is threw with the test. b. Eeyore through the ball. c. The ball went threw the window. d. Christopher walked through the park.
What is d. Christopher walked through the park.
500
This word means "already cut"
What is precut
500
This is the past tense form of give.
What is gave
500
In this haiku, the metaphor is: It reaches up high A giraffe neck in the sky My sister's long neck
What is sister's neck and a giraffe neck