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Reading Comprehension 2
100

What is the main idea of a story?

What is the most important point the author wants to tell us?

100

What is a synonym for “happy”?

What is “joyful” or “glad”?

100

Is this sentence correct: “He run to the park”?

No, it should be “He runs to the park.”

100

What is a simile?

What is a comparison using “like” or “as”?

100

What is the setting of a story?

What is where and when the story takes place?

200

What do you call the problem a character faces?

What is the conflict?

200

What is a prefix in the word “unhappy”?

What is “un-” and it means “not”?

200

Name the subject in this sentence: “The big dog barked loudly.”

What is “The big dog”?

200

What is a metaphor?

What is a comparison that says one thing is another?

200

What does "text structure" mean?

What is the way a text is organized—like compare/contrast, problem/solution, etc.?

300

What is a theme?

What is the lesson or message the author wants the reader to learn

300

What does the suffix “-ful” mean in the word “hopeful”?

What is “full of”?

300

What is an adjective?

What is a word that describes a noun?

300

What type of figurative language is this? “The leaves danced in the wind.”

What is personification?

300

What text structure shows how things are alike and different?

What is compare and contrast?

400

What is a summary?

What is a short retelling of the most important parts of a story

400

Use context clues to define: “The colossal elephant towered over the small jeep.”

What is “colossal” means very big?

400

What is a compound sentence?

What is a sentence made of two simple sentences joined by a conjunction?

400

“Busy as a bee” is an example of what?

What is a simile?

400

Name two text features that help you understand nonfiction text.

What are headings, bold words, captions, charts, etc.?

500

What is the difference between first-person and third-person point of view?

First-person uses “I” and “me,” third-person uses “he,” “she,” or “they.”

500

What’s an antonym for “brave”?

What is “scared” or “cowardly”?

500

Fix the sentence: “i have a book about space.”

What is “I have a book about space.”?

500

What does “break the ice” mean in this sentence: “She told a joke to break the ice”?

What is to make people feel more comfortable?

500

What is the central idea of a nonfiction text?

What is the most important idea the author wants the reader to understand?

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