How is it organized?
A text gives facts, and details about a topic. Which text structure is being used?
What is Description?
Which text feature helps you find where a specific topic or chapter begins in a book?
What is a table of contents?
What is the most important idea the author wants you to understand about the topic called?
What is the Central Idea?
Which type of figurative language compares two things using like or as?
What is a simile?
What letter do we use to label the first rhyming sound in a poem?
What is A?
A text explains how two or more things are alike and different. Which text structure is being used?
What is Compare and Contrast?
Which text feature appears at the back of a book and gives you the meaning of an unfamiliar word?
What is a glossary?
A passage is about the benefits of reading. Which statement is most likely the central idea?
A. Some people read before bed.
B. Reading can improve vocabulary and help people learn new information.
C. Some books have pictures.
D. Libraries have thousands of books.
What is B?
Which type of figurative language gives human characteristics to something that is not human?
What is personification?
Look at these lines:
The sun shines bright.
The bird takes flight.
The flowers start to grow.
The cool winds blow.
What is the rhyme scheme?
What is AABB
First, gather all of your materials. Next, put the pieces together. Finally, check that everything is secure.
Which text structure is used?
What is Sequence?
Which text feature tells you what a picture, diagram, or photograph is showing?
What is a caption?
True or False: The central idea is always one to two words?
What is False?
“Her backpack weighed a ton.”
What type of figurative language is used?
What is hyperbole?
Look at the ending words:
star, car, moon, tune, soon
What is the rhyme scheme?
What is AABBB?
The number of Florida panthers decreased because their habitat was destroyed. As a result, fewer panthers were able to survive.
Which text structure is used?
What is Cause and Effect?
A student writes a note next to a paragraph to explain an important idea. Which text feature is the student using?
What is an annotation?
If the central idea is “Reading has many benefits,” which detail would NOT support the central idea?
A. Reading can improve vocabulary.
B. Reading can teach people new information.
C. Some books have colorful covers.
D. Reading can improve comprehension skills.
What is C?
What does the idiom “hit the books” mean?
What is to study?
Look at the ending words:
rain, sky, high, train
What is the rhyme scheme?
What is ABBA?
The Florida panther population has faced many challenges. One possible solution is to protect and restore the panther's habitat.
Which text structure is used?
What is Problem and Solution?
A nonfiction book includes a section at the end with extra information about a topic. Which text feature could this be?
What is an appendix?
A student identifies a central idea but cannot find any details that support it. What should the student do?
What is reread the text and choose a central idea that is supported by details from the text.
“The hallway was a zoo before specials.” What does the metaphor suggest about the hallway?
What is the hallway was loud, crowded, and chaotic?
Look at the ending words:
blue, tree, red, me, said
What is the rhyme scheme?
What is ABCBC?