Context Clues/ Homophones
Foreign Langauge
Non-fiction Organization
Poetry
Miscellaneous
100
This is the meaning of the capitalized word: He wandered down the quiet, DESOLATE halls of his old school.
What is abandoned?
100
This is the meaning of the capitalized word: Vivian's only dressing gown was a KIMONO she bought while on vacation.
What is robe or gown?
100
Authors use this type of organization when they write an article in TIME ORDER.
What is chronological order?
100
Read this stanza from a poem. This is the type of figurative language being used in the line below. In the pond in the park all things are doubled: Long buildings hang and wriggle gently. CHIMNEYS ARE BENT LEGS BOUNCING ON CLOUDS BELOW. A flag wags like a fishhook down there in the sky.
What is a metaphor?
100
Which of the following words would be best to insert before the second sentence (however, therefore, although, nevertheless)? On the second day, you know what to expect, and your brain spends less time processing new information. The second day of school usually seems to proceed at a more rapid pace.
What is THEREFORE?
200
This is the meaning of the capitalized word: Children need DIRECTION to become healthy eaters.
What is guidance?
200
This is the meaning of the word rendezvous.
What is to meet at a prearranged spot?
200
This structure shows the similarities and differences of two subjects.
What is compare and contrast?
200
This is the meaning of the first line in this poem: In the pond in the park all things are doubled: Long buildings hang and wriggle gently. Chimneys are bent legs bouncing on clouds below. A flag wags like a fishhook down there in the sky.
What is a pond creates a reflection?
200
Rewrite this sentences correctly: The Greeks spread their culture and philosophy all over the known civilized world. They also spread their art and literature.
The Greeks spread their culture, philosophy, art and literature all over the known civilized world.
300
This is the meaning of the capitalized word: There is just one LOT left to build on in the community.
What is section of land?
300
This is the meaning of incognito.
What is to be in disguise?
300
In this structure, authors often start their text by asking a question. In the paragraphs that follow, the author writes an answer to the main question that he or she presented.
What is question/answer?
300
This is why poets use metaphors and similes in poems.
What is to create visuals in readers minds?
300
Which conjunction is best to combine these two sentences? On the return trip we are not paying as much attention to detail. Time seems to pass more quickly
The conjunction SO or THEREFORE.
400
This is the meaning of the capitalized word: The chef added vegetables to the STOCK and let it simmer on high heat.
What is broth or soup?
400
This is the meaning of the capitalized word: After appetizers, we share an ENTREE.
What is meal?
400
In this organization structure, authors write about what happen and the result of that happening.
What is cause and effect?
400
This is the meaning of TONE.
What is the feeling an author creates throughout his/her poem?
400
Describe what an editorial is.
An editorial is an article that is written in a newspaper. Editorials or letters to an editor are usually written to persuade the reader.
500
This is the meaning of the capitalized word: One of those rhymes became an ANTHEM that we sing today—more than one hundred years after she wrote it.
What is ballad or song?
500
This is the meaning of the capitalized word. After school, a group of people decided to go to the park for a POWWOW.
What is GATHERING?
500
For this organizational structure, authors may give facts and details about the topic.
What is description?
500
Define connotation.
What is the feeling or emotion that a word creates.
500
Define the capitalized word: The author IMPLIES that dogs make good pets.
What is to hint or suggest?
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