Grammar
What is an adjective? Give an example
A describing word
What does the beginning of every sentence need to start with?
A capital letter
What does the suffix -ful mean?
full of something
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Denominator
Denominator
What is conflict and resolution?
the problem and how it got fixed
What is a prefix?
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a word part that goes at the beginning of a word
What is a noun ?
A person, place, thing.
DOUBLE POINTS
What does the prefix bi- mean?
Again
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Interval
Interval
What type of text is full of facts?
nonfiction
What is a suffix? Give an example
A word part that goes at the end of a word
What is an adjective?
A word that describes something
What is a phoneme?
smallest unit of speech distinguishing one word (or word element) from another, as the element p in “tap,” which separates that word from “tab,” “tag,” and “tan.
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Avenue
Avenue
What does chronological sequence of events mean?
The time order of events in a story
What is the past tense of bring?
brought
What should always go at the end of a sentence?
Punctuation. (.!?)
What part of the reading is the last paragraph and wraps it up. Usually starts with: This is why...
conclusion
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Blvd.
Boulevard
Strategy to summarize a story?
somebody wanted but so then
What is a verb? Give an example.
An action word!
Period, question mark, and exclamation marks are known as _________.
punctuation
What does speechless mean?
Not able to speak.
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mL
Milliliter
What is the main idea/central idea of a text?
What it is mostly about.
What is an adverb? Give an example
An adjective that describes a verb
What is the subject of a sentence?
Who or what is doing the verb
True or False: You begin the process of learning to read before you're even born.
True. Before we are born we are listening. Part of reading is knowing the how written letters and words match up to sounds.
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Sept.
September
What is a prediction?
An educated or informed guess about what will happen next in the story.