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What is a comma? This tells, you to take a brief pause when reading. It can also break up a list of things. |
What is Seedfolks? This is the novel we are reading now. |
What is a simile?
Comparing two things using like or as
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Who is Mr. Putnam?
This teacher has a daughter in Pre-K and likes to travel the world.
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What is thrive? To grow healthy |
What are quotation marks? This tells you someone is saying something. It shows that there is a speaker. |
What is Walk Two Moons? A fifth grade novel, about a girl trying to find her mother. |
What is hyperbole? A huge exaggeration. |
Who is Ms. Wiss? This teacher loves spending time in Wisconsin, kayaking and tubing. |
Means either a place to plant, or everything in the story.
What is plot? Means either a place to plant, or everything in the story. |
What is a period?
This belongs at the end of a statement. |
What is Holes? A boy has to dig A LOT. |
What is repetiion? In poetry, this is when a line or word is repeated. |
Who is Ms. Kraft? This teacher is a mom to Cubbie and a huge Cubs fan. |
What is setting? Time and place in the story |
What is a semi-colon
This shows that there is more to the thought, but it is not a complete separate sentence. |
What is-Hundred Dresses? So many clothes to choose from! |
What is Onomatopeoia? Bang! Boom! Pop! Crash! |
Who is Mr. Hernandez? This teacher loves go to rock concerts and his wife is also a Locke teacher! |
What is obituary?
A death notice
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What is an apostrophe? This is a comma in the sky. It shows that something belongs to someone. |
What is Diary of Wimpy Kid?
Greg is the protagonist of this story
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What is irony? This can be sarcasm, or when the character doesn't know something that the reader knows. |
This teacher loves being outside and is a karate instructor at night.
Who is Ms. Gonzalez?
This teacher loves being outside and is a karate instructor at night.
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What are context clues To figure out a hard word when reading you need to use these |