Accentuate

AccentuateTo accentuate something is to make it stand out or be noticed. If I want to make my beautiful eyes stand out, I want to ___________ them.

AccentuateAccentFeatureHighlightEmphasizeFeatureSpotlight

AccentuateIf you have blue eyes and you wear a blue shirt, you will probably accentuate your eyes.

If you have a big pimple on your nose, you’d try not to accentuate it.

Accentuate

Can you use this word while talking about getting ready for a dance?

Accentuate

If I wear a hoodie and baggy sweatpants, do I want to accentuate my looks?

If I underline key words in an essay, am I accentuating those words?

AccentuateProduce as many examples as you can of things people might want to accentuate.

Alliteration

AlliterationAlliteration is when you use the same sound to start several words in a sentence. If you write that Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers, you’ve just used __________.

Alliteration

None

Alliteration

She sells seashells by the seashore is an example of alliteration.

Bruno’s Beautiful Bagels is an example of alliteration.

Alliteration

Come up with a name for a restaurant that has alliteration in the name.

AlliterationIs “Tommy tunes tubas on Tuesdays” an example of alliteration?

Is “Jenny eats apples and likes checkers” an example of alliteration?

AlliterationWhere are some places you might find examples of alliteration?

Analogy

AnalogyWhen you compare two things that may be very similar or only a little bit similar, you are making an analogy. If I say the big city is like a beehive, that’s an _____________.

AnalogyComparisonCorrelationLikenessParallelRelationshipSimile

AnalogyYou could make an analogy between caring for young children and caring for puppies, since neither are potty-trained.

I made an analogy between eating cookies and taking naps, but all I came up with is that I really like both.

Analogy

Make an analogy that compares something to a book.

Analogy

If I tell you that pork comes from a pig, is that an analogy?

If I tell you that braiding hair is like riding a bike because once you learn, you never forget how, is that an analogy?

Analogy

Come up with an analogy on your own.

Antibody

AntibodyAn antibody is a cell your body produces to fight off disease or infection. If you start to get sick, you want your body to produce an ______________ to fight off the infection.

Antibody

ImmunizerAntitoxin

AntibodyI thought I would catch the flu, but my body created antibodies to fight it off.

I guess I didn’t have an antibody to fight against the stomach virus that I got because I was very, very sick.

Antibody

Describe something an antibody would help you fight.

AntibodyIf someone sneezes on me and I get very sick later, do I have an antibody yet to fight off the disease?

If I get a flu shot and then never get the flu that year, do I probably have an antibody to fight off the disease?

AntibodyWhat are some ways we can help our body produce more antibodies?

Aspire

AspireTo aspire is to want very much to do something or be something (not to have something). If you really, really want to be a famous singer, then you ___________ to be a famous singer.

Aspire

AimDetermineLaborUndertakeVenture

AspireShe aspires to be in the Olympics someday so she practices her gymnastics four times a week for four hours.

He aspires to do nothing when he grows up and he seems to practice hard at doing it now.

Aspire

What is something that you aspire to do when you grow up?

AspireIf you dream of someday becoming an eighth grader at Norwood School, are you really aspiring?

If you dream of someday teaching eighth grade at Norwood School, are you really aspiring?

AspireHow could you use this word in a story about a girl who wants to fly to the moon when she grows up?