Grammar
Is the following a complete sentence (yes or no)?
The girl in the park.
No. (It is missing a verb)
Which spelling is correct?
a. basketball
b.bascketball
c. bascetball
d. basekitball
A. basketball
Which of the following is a noun?
a. checking
b. attracted
c. responsibility
d. clammy
c. responsibility (as in: It is your responsibility to review these words.)
Who is the main character of "Storm Warriors"?
A. George
B. Nathan
C. Mr. Meekins
D. Daddy
B. Nathan (He is referred to in the story in the first person.)
Which of the following tells you who is telling the story?
A. Point-of-View
B. Characterization
C. Dialect
D. The Title
A. Point-of-View
What is the direct object in the sentence below?
I threw the ball to him.
ball
Which of the following is the correct spelling?
A. worth while
B. worthwhile
c. worth wile
D. worthwile
B. Worthwhile
Which of the following words means to destroy something completely?
A. annoyance
B. restore
C. regulate
D. demolish
D. demolish
What kind of animal did Old Yeller fight?
a bear
What is it called when an author tells us a character's traits in the story? (For example, "Grandpa was a mean, but loyal old man.")
A. Indirect Characterization
B. Direct Characterization
C. Third-Person Characterization
D. Objective Characterization
B. Direct Characterization
Finish this adage:
Don't cry over spilt ______.
milk
Which of the following is the correct spelling for a type of metal?
A. steal
B. Stele
C. steel
D. steale
C. Steel
What vocabulary word means people that protect or guard something?
guardians
What is the author's purpose of writing "Everglades Forever"?
To persuade (She wants us to protect The Everglades)
______-specific vocabulary includes words that are specific to a certain area of study.
domain
What is the subordinating conjunction in the sentence below?
Even though I hate chess, I enjoy playing it with you.
Even though
Which of the following is the correct spelling?
A. lightbulb
B. light bulb
C. light-bulb
D. lite-bulb
B. light bulb
What vocabulary word means creating a picture in your mind?
picturing
What type of geographical location is The Everglades?
Wetlands
What term refers to the way a certain group of people speak in a certain place or at a certain time in history?
Dialect
What does the root word "tele" mean?
far, or at a distance
Which of the following spelling words is sometimes a proper noun and needs to be capitalized when it is?
peer, pier, twirl, earth, nerve, worship, research, manner
Earth (When talking about the planet, it is a proper noun, but when referring to the ground/dirt, it is a common noun.)
What vocabulary word means unlike any others or special?
unique
What is Mr. Bowser's first name in "Storm Warriors"?
George
Explain what historical fiction is.
Historical fiction is a story set in the past. It contains characters, places, and events that actually existed or happened, or that could have existed or happened.