Reading
In the sentence, “After running three miles, Carla was exhausted,” this word means very tired.
What is Exhausted?
This punctuation mark belongs at the end of the sentence: “Where are you going”
What is a Question Mark?
The answer to 48 ÷ 6.
What is 8?
A student notices that ice melts faster in the sun than in the shade. This step of the scientific method is being used.
What is making an observation?
This document begins with the words “We the People” and explains the basic structure of the United States government.
What is the Constitution?
This is the main message or lesson that a story teaches.
What is Theme?
This sentence type has one subject and one predicate and expresses one complete thought: “The dog slept on the rug.”
What is a Simple Sentence?
This is the value of 3/4 + 1/8.
What is 7/8?
A student says, “If a plant gets more water, then it will grow taller.” This step of the scientific method is being used.
What is forming a hypothesis?
This type of government has a single ruler as the head of state.
What is a monarchy?
A character smiles and says, “Great, another homework assignment,” but the reader can tell the character is annoyed. This is an example of this literary device.
What is Sarcasm?
This punctuation mark can correctly join two closely related independent clauses without using a conjunction.
What is a Semicolon?
This is the value of x in the equation 3x - 5 = 16.
What is 7?
In an experiment testing how sunlight affects plant growth, a scientist adjusts the amount of sunlight in the greenhouse by opening or closing a curtain. The sunlight is this kind of controlled variable.
What is an independent variable?
These are the three branches of the United States government.
What are the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
When an author gives clues that something will happen later in the story, it is called this.
What is foreshadowing?
In the sentence, “Running down the street, the backpack bounced on Marcus’s shoulder,” the opening phrase creates this type of error.
What is a Misplaced (or Dangling) Modifier?
The rate of change in a line.
What is slope?
In an experiment testing a new fertilizer, one group of plants receives no fertilizer so it can be compared to the others. This group is called this.
What is the control?
A movie theater has 100 seats. When tickets cost $14, only 60 people buy tickets. When the theater lowers the price to $9, 95 people buy tickets. This example shows that lowering the price can increase this.
What is demand?
In a nonfiction work, this is what an author uses to support their claims.
What is evidence?
The sentence “She likes hiking, swimming, and to bike” should be revised because it lacks this type of balanced structure.
What is Parallelism (or Parallel Structure)?
This describes a relationship where one quantity changes at a constant rate compared to another, creating a straight line when graphed.
What is a linear relationship?
A scientist repeats an experiment several times and gets nearly the same results each time. This shows that the experiment has this quality.
What is reliability?
This principle allows each branch of government to limit the power of the other branches.
What are checks and balances?