Comprehension
The main idea of a passage is usually found in this part of a paragraph.
What is the topic sentence?
The correct past tense of "run."
What is ran?
The first sentence in an introduction that grabs the reader’s attention.
What is a hook?
The term for the time and place of a story.
What is setting?
A word that means the opposite of another word.
What is an antonym?
A story told from the "I" perspective is written in this point of view.
What is first-person point of view?
Identify the subject: "The students in the library are studying."
What is the students?
This part of an essay comes after the introduction and develops the argument.
What is the body?
The character or force that opposes the protagonist.
What is the antagonist?
The word "happily" is an example of this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
The reason an author writes a passage (to inform, entertain, or persuade).
What is the author’s purpose?
The difference between "your" and "you’re."
What is "your" shows possession, and "you’re" is a contraction for "you are"?
The difference between a fact and an opinion.
What is a fact is proven true, while an opinion is a personal belief or viewpoint?
The mood of a story is closely related to this literary element.
What is tone?
A word that imitates a sound, like "buzz" or "bang."
What is onomatopoeia?
A question that is asked in a text but does not require an answer.
What is a rhetorical question?
The correct word in this sentence: "She gave the book to John and ___."
What is me?
The method of organizing an essay by presenting reasons and supporting them with evidence.
What is persuasive or argumentative writing?
A struggle between a character and society, nature, or another person.
What is external conflict?
A phrase that has a meaning different from its individual words, like "kick the bucket."
What is an idiom?
The technique of giving hints about what will happen later in a story.
What is foreshadowing?
The type of phrase in "Running late, she grabbed her bag and rushed out."
What is a participial phrase?
The term for repeating the same words or phrases for emphasis in writing.
What is repetition?
The lesson or message in a literary work.
What is the theme?
A word with the same pronunciation but a different meaning as another word, like "bare" and "bear."
What is a homophone?