Say What?
The snow was a white blanket" is an example of which type of figurative language
Metaphor
When you find a specific sentence in the text to prove your answer is correct, what are you providing
Evidence
Which text structure explains why something happened and what the result was?
Cause and effect
If a sentence says, "The explorer was intrepid, showing no fear as he climbed the mountain," what does intrepid mean?
Brave or fearless
Which punctuation mark is used to show a person is speaking?
Quotation marks
He is as tall as a house is an example of what type of figurative language?
Simile
What do we call the central message or "lesson learned" in a story?
Moral or theme
A text that lists events in the order they happened is using which structure?
Chronological or sequential
What is a "synonym" context clue?
When the author uses a word with a similar meaning nearby to help you understand a tricky word
What is a "run-on" sentence?
Two or more independent clauses joined without proper punctuation or conjunctions
If an author uses "Personification," what are they doing?
Giving human qualities to non-human things
What do you call what the text is mostly about?
Main idea
If an author highlights similarities and differences between two topics, they are using...?
Compare and contrast
Unlike her gregarious sister who loves parties, Sarah is very shy." Based on the contrast in this sentence, what does gregarious mean?
Social or outgoing
Which word is the conjunction in this sentence: "I wanted to go to the park, but it started to rain.
But
Use context clues: "The diligent student stayed after school every day to perfect her project." What does diligent mean?
Hard-working or focused
If a question asks you to "compare and contrast" two characters, what do you have to tell?
How they are alike and how they are different.
In a "Problem and Solution" text, what is the author’s primary purpose?
To identify a conflict and propose a way to fix it
In the sentence, "The desert heat was stifling, making it very difficult for the hikers to breathe," which word acts as a clue for the meaning of stifling?
"Breathe"—it implies the air was heavy or suffocating
When should you start a new paragraph in a narrative story?
When there is a change in time, place, speaker, or topic
What is "tone" in a piece of writing?
The author’s attitude toward the subject or audience
To provide a "summary" of a story, you should include the main events but leave out what?
Your personal opinion or minor/tiny details
What is the purpose of a "Caption" in an informational text?
To explain or provide context for a photo, illustration, or chart
Although the first draft of the constitution was curt, the final version was lengthy and included every minute detail of the new laws. What is the meaning of curt?
Brief, short, or concise
Correct the spelling mistake. After school, they returned to they're house.
Their