Vocab
Spelling Words
VCCCV
Capitalization
Poetry
100

unit of measurement for electrical power, often used for lightbulbs.

Watt

100

Spell the word that mean "strong building used to protect"

Fortress

100

break up this word:

complex

com/plex

100

fix this:

the cat in the hat

The Cat in The Hat

100

What do you call the chunks in a poem

stanzas

200

a lot, more then needed

Excessive

200

Spell the word for the cold area around North Pole

arctic

200

break this word up:

substance

sub/stance

200

fix:


dear mom

Dear Mom, 

200
what poem has a pattern of 5 syllables, then 7, then 5?

Haiku

300

Underlie

form the foundation of, the reason for something

300

The hard an dangerous sport of BMX bike was called:


extreme

300

break this word up:

apply

app/ly

300

True or False:

always capitalize the first and last words of the title

True

300

What do you call it when a poem has a beat to the lines?

It has rhythm. 

400
Emissions

substances released, anything given off by something else

400

The big luggage tied to the top of the car was a _____ to them going fast on the highway.

hindrance

400

break this word up:

juncture

junc/ture

400
True or False


in a title, you should never capitalize nouns, pronouns, verbs, adverbs, or adjectives

FALSE


ALWAYS capitalize them!

400

What is it called when a pair of lines in a poem are rhyming? 

Couplet

500

innovative

creative, using new ideas or methods

500

The balloon will pop if you ____ it.

puncture 

500

break this word up AND label it with the VCCCV pattern: congress

-vc/ccv-

con/gress

500
True or False


Do NOT capitalize articles in a title: a, an, and the, or conjunctions and, but, or, nor, for, so, and yet. 

TRUE

500

What is the pattern for this poem? (USE 'ABC's)

Bread tastes better

when covered in butter

or jelly or honey

or melted cheese

A, A, B, C