Context Clues
100: This type of hint helps you figure out the meaning of a word based on the surrounding words.
What are context clues?
100: This structure organizes events in the order they happen.
What is sequence
100: This is the sequence of events in a story.
What is the plot?
100: The prefix "re-" means this.
What is again?
100: This is the underlying message or lesson in a text.
What is theme?
200: The phrase "the sun dipped below the horizon" suggests this feeling in the text.
What is a sense of calm or closure?
200: A text structure that compares and contrasts two subjects is called this.
What is compare and contrast?
200: This part of the plot is where the main conflict is introduced.
What is the rising action?
200: The prefix "dis-" typically indicates this.
What is a negative or opposite meaning?
200: A central idea in a narrative is often developed through this element.
What is character interaction?
300: A word that means to look closely at the details in a text is this.
What is analyze?
300: This structure presents a problem and then offers solutions.
What is problem-solution?
300: In a story, this is the climax.
What is the turning point?
300: The prefix "pre-" is used to denote this.
What is before?
300: This literary device helps to establish the theme by using symbolism.
What is symbolism?
400: When you see the word "unhappy," what prefix is being used?
What is "un-"?
400: This type of text structure uses headings and subheadings to organize information.
What is descriptive or informational structure?
400: The conclusion of a story is also known as this.
What is the resolution?
400: This prefix means "against."
What is "anti-"?
400: This technique reveals the theme through character decisions and conflicts.
What is character development?
500: Using context clues, if you encounter the word "benevolent," you can infer it means this.
What is kind or generous?
500: This type of text structure introduces an event and the consequences of that event.
What is cause and effect
500: This element describes how characters change throughout the story.
What is character development?
500: The prefix "sub-" refers to something that is this.
What is under or below?
500: This type of evidence is used to support the theme in a text.
What is textual evidence?