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Figuratively
Reading Strategies
Central Idea
Vocabulary & Grammar
100

Find the one that doesn't fit this category:

The category is Question Words --> Who? What? When? Were? Why? How?

"Were" is not a question word. Name the correct question word for additional points.

100

Name a type of figurative language.

Accept various answers.

100

Which reading strategy requires you to read the title, headings, text features, number your paragraphs, and observe all of the pages?

Previewing the whole text (especially a new text)

100

What is a synonym for the "main idea"?

Central Idea

100

A bold, highlighted, or underlined word is important to understanding the text. We call these keywords or ______________ words.

Vocabulary words

200

Find the one that doesn't fit this category:

The category is figurative language --> idioms, similes, illustrations, metaphors, hyperboles.

Illustrations do not belong in the figurative language category. Which category does it belong in?

200

Give an example of an idiom and its meaning.

Accept various answers.

200

Name the reading strategy that is an ongoing process for Before Reading, During Reading, and After Reading.

Asking Questions

200

What is the central idea of this passage:

In 1930, Clyde William Tombaugh made an exciting discovery. He found an object in outer space. No one had observed it before. The object was named Pluto. Pluto was then added as the ninth planet in the solar system.

The discovery of the planet, Pluto.

200

When words have the same base, they will have similar ______________ like the words: intro, introduce, introduces, introduced, and introduction.

meanings or definitions

300

Students are allowed to whisper during the test taking mode.

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