Resource and Reference Materials
Grammar
Text Features
Context Clues
Figurative Language
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This type of question requires you to underline and look back into the text to find the answer.
What is a detail question?
100
Which sentence is written correctly? A) "No I don't want to," said Jamie. B) "No, I don't want to said Jamie." C) "No, I don't want to," said Jamie.
C
100
Words such as First, Then, and Finally, signal this type of text structure.
What is sequential order?
100
What does the word splendid mean in the sentence below? The rays from the rising sun shined splendidly through our kitchen window
What is greatly?
100
Allison asked Andy about the big, beautiful blueberries.
What is alliteration?
200
This type of question requires you to think about what the entire passage was about. It often asks you to pick a new title for the passage.
What is a main idea question?
200
Which sentence is a complet grammatically correct sentence? A) Yesterday, we was going to the store. B) Yesterday, we went to the store. C) Yesterday, we were going to the store.
B
200
Words such as therefore, consequently, and so, as a result, signal this type of text structure or question.
What is cause and effect?
200
What does the word yearn mean in the following sentence? Even though John had a good job and a nice family, he yearned for more.
What is wanted or desired?
200
Mr. Lopez had to take medicine because he was under the weather. The phrase under the weather is this.
What is an idiom?
300
This type of question often has the following choices: To persuade To inform To entertain To describe or tell
What is author's purpose?
300
Which sentence is a complete, grammatically correct sentence? A) Dance moms is a crazy television show. B) Dance Mom's is a crazy television show C) Dance Moms is a crazy television show
C
300
When a question asks you to identify the best summary for a passage, what type of question is it?
What is a main idea question?
300
What does the word seldom mean in the sentence below? Since professional athletes have to stay in peak physical shape, most athletes seldom eat junk food.
not often rarely
300
After the long hike, I was so hungry that I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
400
This type of question requires you to "read between the line". The answer often is not directly stated in the passage.
What is inference or drawing conclusion?
400
A complete sentence has to have what two things?
What is a subject and a predicate?
400
Words such as alike, similar, and different, signal this type of text structure.
What is compare and contrast?
400
What does Coax mean in the sentence below? After the bird escaped, Chris tried to coax it back into the cage with treats.
Lure get back
400
The cat was as black as night.
What is a simile?
500
This type of question requires you to look at relationships between ideas. One idea might lead to or change another event.
What is a cause and effect question?
500
The words never, seldom, often, and quickly are this part of speech.
What is an adverb?
500
Words such as better, best, worst, in all, and ever can signal that an author is offering this.
What is an opinion?
500
What does discard mean in the sentence below? Dad had no need for the broke air conditioner, so he discarded it on the corner by the trash. .
Throw away get rid of remove
500
The store was a zoo!
What is metaphor?
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