Reading Comprehension
This is the main idea of a passage.
What is the central message or theme?
Words that have the same meaning.
What are synonyms?
A word that shows action.
What is a verb?
A comparison using “like” or “as.”
What is a simile?
The first sentence that grabs the reader’s attention.
What is a hook?
Clues in the text that support your answer are called this.
What is text evidence?
Words that have opposite meanings.
What are antonyms?
A word that describes a noun.
What is an adjective?
A direct comparison without using “like” or “as.”
What is a metaphor?
A sentence that states your main argument.
What is a thesis statement?
Reading between the lines to understand something not directly stated.
What is inference?
Using surrounding text to figure out a word’s meaning.
What are context clues?
Correct punctuation for a contraction (do not → don’t).
What is an apostrophe?
Giving human traits to non-human things.
What is personification?
Details that support your main idea.
What are supporting details?
The reason an author writes (to inform, persuade, entertain).
What is author’s purpose?
A word that imitates a sound (buzz, crash).
What is onomatopoeia?
A sentence that expresses a complete thought.
What is an independent clause?
Extreme exaggeration.
What is hyperbole?
Words that connect ideas (however, therefore, meanwhile).
What are transition words?
The perspective from which a story is told (1st person, 3rd person, etc.).
What is point of view?
A phrase whose meaning is not literal (e.g., “break the ice”).
What is an idiom?
A group of words that does not express a complete thought.
What is a fragment (dependent clause)?
The use of hints or clues about future events.
What is foreshadowing?
Restating your main idea at the end of writing.
What is a conclusion?