Reading Comprehension
When you use evidence from a text to support your answer, what are you doing?
What is citing textual evidence?
This part of a narrative includes details about the time and place in which the story occurs.
What is the setting?
When listening actively, you might do this to clarify or show understanding of someone else’s point.
What is asking follow-up questions?
This punctuation mark is often used to join two independent clauses in a compound sentence.
What is a comma?
A comparison using “like” or “as” is known as ____.
What is a simile?
What is the term for the main idea or underlying message of a story?
What is the theme?
The process of checking a piece of writing for grammar and spelling errors is called ____.
What is editing?
What do we call the process of adapting your word choice and tone based on the audience and purpose of your speech?
What is audience awareness?
This is the grammatical term for a word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
A sentence that includes both a subject and predicate, but cannot stand alone, is called ____.
What is a dependent clause?
If an author uses words like "somber" or "gloomy," they are likely creating what kind of atmosphere?
What is a dark or serious tone?
This type of writing requires you to create characters, settings, and a plot.
What is narrative writing?
When delivering a presentation, using slides or images to support your main points is an example of using ____.
What is multimedia?
Words that add more information about a verb, adjective, or another adverb are called ____.
What are adverbs?
These words show the relationship between a noun (or pronoun) and another word in the sentence, such as "in," "on," and "under."
What are prepositions?
When a writer uses words to create sensory experiences, such as “the crisp scent of autumn,” they are using what literary device?
What is imagery?
When an author organizes their writing by importance, starting with the least important and ending with the most important, they are using what structure?
What is climactic order?
This type of speaking is practiced when participating in a structured debate or discussion.
What is formal speaking?
When a word has the same pronunciation as another word but a different meaning and spelling, it’s called ____.
What is a homophone?
The type of sentence that expresses a strong feeling or exclamation is called ____.
What is an exclamatory sentence?
This type of text structure presents events in the order they occurred.
What is chronological order?
The opening sentence that grabs the reader’s attention in an essay or story is often called ____.
What is a hook?
What do we call the process of adapting your word choice and tone based on the audience and purpose of your speech?
What is audience awareness?
This term describes the use of formal language appropriate for essays or professional communication.
What is standard English?
This device gives human characteristics to non-human objects or ideas.
What is personification?