Main Idea and Details
1. What is the main purpose of text features in a nonfiction book?
a. To make the book longer
b. To entertain the reader with pictures
c. To help readers better understand the information
d. To make the book look more colorful
What is c.) To help readers better understand the information
2. When reading a poem, which of these tells you it's a haiku?
a. It has rhyming words at the end of each line
b. It has 5 syllables, then 7, then 5 syllables
c. It tells a funny story with five lines
d. It doesn't follow any specific pattern
What is b.) 5,7,5?
Character perspective helps readers understand:
a. Only what happens in the story
b. The setting of the story
c. How different characters feel and think
d. When the story takes place
What is c.) how different characters feel and think?
What is the text structure below?
A paperback and a kindle are both ways to read a book. Paperbacks take up a lot of space on your book shelf, but one kindle can hold thousands of books in just the space of a tablet.
What is compare and contrast?
What makes a limerick different from other types of poems?
a. It has no rhythm or rhyme
b. It's always about nature
c. It has exactly three lines
d. It's a funny five-line poem with a specific rhythm
What is d.) It's a funny five-line poem with a specific rhythm?
When reading from a character's perspective, what are you learning?
a. How the story ends
b. What other characters think
c. How that character views things
d. When the story takes place
What is c.) How that character thinks?
What is the text structure below?
When I unrolled the carpet on my living room floor, I accidentally bumped into the table. The table fell with a crash and the green potted plant on top of it tumbled onto the hardwood floor. What a mess!
What is cause and effect?
The giant ice cream sundae was so *scrumptious* that I ate the entire thing.
A.) Gross
B.) Bad
C.) Delicious
D.) Sour
What is C.) Delicious?
Free verse poetry is different from other poetry because:
a. It doesn't have to rhyme or follow rules
b. It must rhyme every line
c. It can only be about nature
d. It must be very short
What is a.) It doesn't have to rhyme or follow rules?
What is the central idea of this paragraph? I believe that children should not have homework on the weekends. Children needs time to play. They also need to spend time with their families. Some kids have extra activities like karate or dance. Homework for children on the weekends is a bad idea.
What is children should not have homework on the weekends?
What kind of writing is shown below? (Hint: look at the punctuation!) "When will we eat dinner?" I asked mom. Mom said, "Soon."
What is dialogue?
How many sentences make up the first detail of this paragraph? My birthday cake was delicious and beautiful. The flavor was chocolate. It was swirled with vanilla. It tasted great with milk. The decorations included roses and my name in script writing. I loved how my cake tasted and looked.
What is 3?
What is it called when a character has a tough problem they need to overcome?
What is an obstacle?
In rhymed verse poetry, what usually happens at the end of lines?
a. The lines get shorter
b. The words rhyme
c. The words are bold
d. The lines have pictures
What is b.) the words rhyme?