Word Power
Informational Text
Literature
Craft & Structure
Argumentation
100
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
The warm fire in the fireplace ________ the gloomy room.
A) darkened
B) brightened
C) emptied
D) ignored
B) Brightened
100
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Win or lose DOUBLE the points for this question!
What is a "fact" vs. an "opinion"?
A fact is something that can be objectively researched and backed up with evidence-- it is something that can be proven true.
An opinion is how someone thinks or feels about something based on their personal experience.
100
Person, Place or thing
noun
100
What is an antonym and synonym?
Antonym - a word that means the opposite (hot, cold)
Synonym - Words that mean the same (happy, joyful)
100
What are context clues?
Clues within the text that help you figure out meaning.
200
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
My bike was outside last night and is wet from the morning _______.
A) mist
B) heat
C) dust
D) noise
A) mist
200
Read the following text and answer the question below
For centuries, people believed that the Earth sat still at the center of the universe while the sun and stars moved around it. However, in the early 1500s, a Polish astronomer named Nicolaus Copernicus began to challenge this idea. After years of observation and mathematical calculations, he developed a revolutionary theory. He realized that the Earth was actually a planet that revolved around the sun. This "heliocentric" model changed science forever, though it took many years for the rest of the world to accept that we were not the center of everything.
What theory did Copernicus prove about the sun?
The theory Copernicus proved about the sun was that the planets revolved around it (the heliocentric model) and not the other way around.
Evidence: He realized that the Earth was actually a planet that revolved around the sun. This "heliocentric" model changed science
200
Poems are not written in sentences and paragraphs, they are written in _______ and ________
What are lines and stanzas
200
What is it called when you are pairing what you read with what you know to make an educated guess based off of things that have happened?
A. Making a Prediction
B. Making an Inference
C. Summarizing
B. Making an inference
200
What is the feeling the narrator wants to have the reader to have?
Mood
300
Which word correctly completes the sentence?
Since my best friend moved away, we ________ by mail every week.
A) correspond
B) disagree
C) travel
D) compete
A) correspond
300
Read the following text and answer the question below
Life in the first villages was a constant struggle for survival, but it led to incredible teamwork. To grow enough food, villagers had to build complex irrigation systems to bring water from the rivers to their dry fields. This wasn't a job for one person; everyone in the community had to lend a hand. While some men plowed the earth, others dug trenches or carried heavy stones to build walls. By working together, these early people were able to create a surplus of food, allowing their small villages to eventually grow into great cities.
What does the idiom "lend a hand"? mean in the text?
The idiom "lend a hand" means to help one another
300
Describes a noun
Adjective
300
What is an Antagonist?
What is a "Bad guy" "Villian"?
300
What is the lesson or repeated idea in a text called?
Theme
400
Choose the word that best completes the sentence:
"Even though the team faced great _______ after losing their equipment, they refused to give up."
A) agreement
B) celebration
C) comfort
D) adversity
D) adversity
400
When the canary keeled over, the coal miners left the cave.
What type of figurative language is this?
What is Alliteration?
400
Action Word
Verb
400
What is the figurative onomatopoeia in the text?
I was going to be late for school again because I couldn't zip my jacket!
ZIP
400
The "star speckled sky" is which type of figurative language.
What is an example of alliteration?
500
Use your root knowledge!
If the root anthro means "human," then anthropology is the study of:
A) stars and planets
B) humans and their cultures
C) ancient buildings and ruins
D) rocks and minerals
B) humans and their cultures
500
Which figurative language is the following sentence?
She is a tornado when she gets angry!
What is a Metaphor
500
What is the prefix in this word AND what does it mean?
Unkindness
un = prefix, meaning not
500
Label the parts of a plot diagram.
A. Exposition
B. Rising Action
c. Climax
D. Falling Action
E. Resolution.
500
The phrase, "Hit the lights."
What is an idiom?