Study Skills
grammar
word study
comprehension
sentences
100
What is the purpose of a graphic organizer (Example: Bubble Map)?
What is to organize your thoughts?
100
A person, place or thing
What is a noun?
100
Putting together sounds to make a word.
What is blending?
100
Nonfiction writing, written with the intention of informing the reader about a specific topic.
What is informational text?
100
This is a type of sentence.
Example- He runs track.
What is simple sentence?
200
Why is highlighting excessively (too much) not effective?
What is it just causes confusion afterwards and doesn't help your writing flow naturally (You want to write like you speak)?
200
State of being or action word
What is a verb?
200
Word that has a short vowel ending in a consonant.
What is closed syllable?
200
Writing that tells a story.
What is narrative?
200
This is a type of sentence.
Example- She is a weight lifter and I am a dancer.
What is a compound sentence?
300
How should you highlight effectively?
What is (1) read the text TWO times, (2) highlight most of the introduction and conclusion in the same color, and (3) use a NEW highlighting color to ONLY highlight a few key words (usually in the first sentence) of each paragraph?
300
A word that signals a noun.
What is an article?
300
A, e, i, o, u and sometimes y
What is a vowel?
300
A story that is acted out on stage.
What is drama?
300
This is a type of sentence.
Example- Because my pizza was cold, I put it in the microwave.
What is a complex sentence?
400
What is the 80/20 rule?
What is if you have 60 minutes to study...read the text (two times if possible) for 48 minutes and spend 12 minutes taking brief notes in the columns (Example: Hurricane Katrina)?
400
Tells who or what and comes after the verb.
What is direct object?
400
Two letters that represent one sound.
Example- ch, sh, th
What is a consonant digraph?
400
What you already know.
What is background knowledge?
400
This is a type of sentence.
Example- Superman has many powers and his nemesis is Lex Luther and he is married and he has a clone and he is a comic book character and he has lots of movies and he has lots of tv shows.
What is a run- on sentence?
500
What are Cornell Notes?
What is a way to organize chapter or book notes?
500
The verb and all the words that come after it.
What is predicate?
500
Letters that are not pronounced when reading.
Examples- lamb, knit, wrist
What are silent letters?
500
A true story that a person writes about their own life.
What is autobiography?
500
This is a type of sentence.
Example- Because the rapper has
What is a fragment?