vocabulary
reading skills
parts of reading/writing
academic skills
mix
100

This is another name for a controlling idea.

What is a thesis?

100

You write a shortened version of the story with the most important parts of the story. 

What is a summary?

100

Before you publish your writing you should always do this step.

What is revise and edit?

100

I do this when I rewrite information in my own words. 

What is paraphrasing?

100

I look at how authors write to decide this. 

What is organization?

200

This is how the author feels about the writing subject.

What is tone?

200

Use what you know and what the story says to make these.

What are inferences?

200

These are figures of speech. 

What are personifications, similes, metaphors, hyperbole, alliteration, and idioms?

200

I do this when I put inferences together. 

What is draw a conclusion?

200

These are not written in paragraph form. They can be written in stanzas and they can tell a story. 

What are poems?

300

This is how you feel as you read.

What is mood?

300

You do this when the story reminds you of something else.

What is make a connection?

300

These are text features.

What are table of contents, diagrams, illustrations, captions, glossaries, etc.?

300

I find this when reading when I decide who is telling the story. 

What is point of view?

300

This is the message of the story. 

What is a theme?

400

This is another name for taking notes to help you as you read. 

What is annotation?

400

You should always back up your answers with this information.

What is evidence?

400

These are types of text structures. 

What are description, sequence, problem/solution, compare/contrast and cause/effect?

400

I do this to make new meaning or a new product.

What is synthesize?

400

This is a comparison between two words. 

What is an analogy?

500

You use these to help you figure out a word definition besides using the dictionary. 

What are context clues?

500

You should know these parts of speech. 

What are nouns, verbs, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, pronouns, conjunctions and interjections?

500

Use compare and contrast to show these. 

What are similarities and differences?

500

I do this to look at character's traits when I read. 

What is analyze?

500

These are part of a plot diagram.

What is setting, characters, conflict, rising action, denouement, and falling action?

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