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Question 1

Adjective

Answer 1

A word that describes a noun

Question 2

adverb

Answer 2

A word that describes a verb

Question 3

affix

Answer 3

a word part that is added to a root to form a complete word, or to a word to change its meaning

Question 4

alliteration

Answer 4

the repetition of beginning consonant sounds in a line or sentence

Question 5

almanac

Answer 5

a yearly publication that contains a calendar, weather predictions, and framing information

Question 6

antecedent

Answer 6

the word that the pronoun takes the place of (or refers to)

Question 7

audience

Answer 7

the group of people that the author wants to read whatever they wrote

Question 8

author’s bias

Answer 8

a personal and unreasonable judgment for or against something

Question 9

brainstorming

Answer 9

listing ideas for writing without worrying about how good the ideas are

Question 10

capitalization

Answer 10

the use of upper-case letters in writing

Question 11

cause

Answer 11

a reason something happens

Question 12

central ideas

Answer 12

the most important idea in a paragraph

Question 13

character

Answer 13

any person or animal or living thing that takes part in the action of a story

Question 14

comparative

Answer 14

compares two things

Question 15

conclusion

Answer 15

a decision readers make about a text based on information in the text and personal knowledge. A sentence in a paragraph that sums up the ideas in the paragraph

Question 16

conflict

Answer 16

a problem that characters in a story must solve

Question 17

context clues

Answer 17

a hint found in the sentence or paragraph in which an unknown word appears

Question 18

descriptive writing

Answer 18

writing that uses details to create a picture for the reader

Question 19

detail

Answer 19

a statement that supports a main idea by giving more information

Question 20

dialogue

Answer 20

the words spoken by characters, punctuated with quotations marks. The quotation marks should ONLY be around the words spoken

Question 21

dictionary

Answer 21

a book that lists words and their definitions

Question 22

direct quotation

Answer 22

a word-for-word section of a text, using quotation marks

Question 23

drafting

Answer 23

getting early writing (composition) ideas on paper

Question 24

effect

Answer 24

a result of a cause…. think “what did this cause?” and you will be able to find the effect

Question 25

encyclopedia

Answer 25

a book or set of books that gives facts about many topics

Question 26

entertainment writing

Answer 26

writing designed to amuse the reader

Question 27

euphemism

Answer 27

a gentle or indirect way of saying something that might be considered negative or unpleasant (she passed away, instead of saying she died).