Advanced Grammar
Identify the verb tense: She has been studying for hours.
What is present perfect progressive?
What is a simile?
What is a comparison using “like” or “as”?
What is a text structure that explains how two or more things are alike and different?
What is compare and contrast?
What is the author’s purpose if a text tries to convince you to recycle?
What is to persuade?
What does it mean to “infer” while reading?
What is to make a smart guess based on clues and prior knowledge?
What type of sentence is this: Although it was raining, the game continued until dark.
What is a complex sentence?
Identify the figurative language: The thunder grumbled like an old man.
What is personification and simile?
In nonfiction, which structure describes a problem and how it is solved?
What is problem and solution?
What does it mean when an author uses foreshadowing?
What is giving clues about what will happen later?
Read this sentence: He slammed the door and stomped upstairs. What can you infer?
What is “He is angry”?
Choose the correctly punctuated sentence:
A) I brought pencils, paper, and erasers.
B) I brought, pencils paper and erasers.
What is A?
What does this idiom mean: Don’t cry over spilled milk?
What is “don’t worry about things that already happened and can't be changed”?
A passage lists steps for making slime. What text structure is it using?
What is sequence or chronological order?
What is the tone of a passage that uses words like “gloomy,” “dark,” and “hopeless”?
What is a negative or sad tone?
What’s the theme of a story where a girl learns the importance of telling the truth?
What is honesty or integrity?
What is the function of the word to swim in this sentence: To swim in the ocean is his dream.
What is a noun (infinitive phrase as subject)?
Identify the type of figurative language: Her voice was music to his ears.
What is a metaphor?
What are transitional words? Give one example.
What are words that connect ideas (e.g., “however,” “next,” “for example”)?
If an author uses lots of facts, charts, and statistics, what is their likely purpose?
What is to inform?
How can a reader tell the difference between fact and opinion?
Facts can be proven; opinions are what someone believes or feels.
Identify the grammatical error: Each of the players have their own locker.
What is subject-verb agreement (should be "has")?
What literary device is used when an author refers to another famous story or character?
What is an allusion?
What is the text structure of a passage that explains why something happened and what happened as a result?
What is cause and effect?
What is the effect of an author using vivid imagery in a scene?
What is to help the reader visualize and feel the experience more clearly?
A character never speaks but helps others, gives food to the poor, and always smiles. What can you infer about them?
What is “They are kind, generous, and caring”?