Vocabulary 1
Vocabulary:
What word means "Eager to learn or know something"?
Curious
Give one example of a proper noun.
Title, name, City, State
Grammar:
What is a noun?
A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.
What does SCR stand for?
Short Constructed Response
What is an metaphor?
Comparison without using like or as.
Vocabulary:
Showing courage is known as being . . .
Brave
What is a simple sentence?
This type of sentence contains one independent clause.
What is a verb? Give an example of one.
This part of speech describes an action or state of being.
What does FANBOYS stand for? What are they?
For, and, nor, but, or, yet, so. Conjunction words
Give an example of a simile
Must have used a comparison using like or as.
Vocabulary:
What word would you use to describe someone who is "difficult to understand or explain"?
Complex or Mysterious
TWO PARTS: Identify the sentence fragment in the following group of sentences and correctly explain what a sentence fragment lacks.
She loves to read books in her free time.
Because I forgot my homework.
They went to the park yesterday.
Because I forgot my homework.
Sentence fragments lack independent clauses to complete the thought.
What is an adjective?
A describing word e.g. the small boy
What format do you use when writing an SCR?
Race
What type of figurative language is this?
"I've told you a million times to clean your room!"
Hyperbole
What is another word they use to refer or call the stories given to you on your STAAR Test.
Selection, Article or Passage
What is a complex sentence?
This type of sentence contains one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.
Pick out the verb(s) in the following sentence:
He had to run to catch the bus for school.
*A verb is a doing word
Run, catch
Why does the sentence use a semi colon?
I have a meeting at 3 PM; I'll be ready by 2:45.
The two clauses are related but independent. The semicolon connects them without needing a conjunction like "and."
Identify whether the following example uses personification or anthropomorphism and be able to explain why.
Sentence:
"The wind whispered through the trees as if it were telling secrets."
Personification is when human qualities or actions are attributed to non-human things
This word means "a person whose job is to prepare and serve coffee or similar drinks (such as espresso)"
Barista
Identify the punctuation error in the following sentence and correct it:
Sentence:
I went to the store, and I bought milk bread eggs, and cheese.
I went to the store and I bought milk, bread, eggs, and cheese.
This part of speech is used to connect words, phrases, or clauses.
Answer: What is a conjunction? FANBOYS
What is a thesis statement?
What does it entail?
Where does it go?
You main idea or argument you will be discussing and it needs two supporting details, that you will discuss in your body paragraphs of an essay. It is written at the end of your introduction paragraph.
This figure of speech is used when two contradictory words are placed together for effect, such as "jumbo shrimp" or "bittersweet."
Oxymoron