What is a restatement of the meaning of a text or passage using other words.
100
This is what it's called when words sound the same at the end of lines.
What is rhyming.
100
This would be the definition.
What is the meaning of the story.
100
This is the definition of the term.
What is language that contains or uses figures of speech.
100
This is the definition of the term.
What is "requires the reader to use background knowledge, textual clues and pictures to identify meaning; all readers should be able to draw the same conclusion from the same set of facts; there is a slight difference from "inference" which adds predicting to the definition. With DC, you get more of a "Ah, here's what I should know." With I, you get more of a "Hmm, I think this is the direction/thought I'm supposed to get/follow/understand."
200
This is a synonym for a paraphrase.
What is a restatement.
200
This is what a smaller unit of poetry lines within a poem is called.
What is a stanza.
200
This is what a theme is not.
What is main idea.
200
This is an example of a simile.
What is the sun is LIKE a fireball. It shines AS bright AS a anything you can imagine.
200
What conclusion can be found to be true?
1. If Rachel joins the choir then Rachel likes to sing.
2. Rachel will join the choir or Rachel will play basketball.
3. Rachel does not like to sing.
What is #2
300
This is what it's called when something is copied word for word.
What is plagiarism.
300
This is two lines of poetry that rhyme.
What is a couplet.
300
This is the theme of the following three choices.
a) Children often find one toy and play with it by themselves.
b) Imagination is a dangerous thing.
c) Friendship can last through many years in spite of physical distance.
What is Letter C
300
This is an example of hyperbole.
What is I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
300
This is the conclusion that can be drawn about the weather after reading this paragraph.
Susie and her father woke up early. They put on warm clothing. After quickly eating breakfast, they went out to the garage to get their fishing gear and the box of worms. They got into the car and drove to the lake.
What is cold.
400
Paraphrasing is often used for this purpose.
What is to clarify the text.
400
This is the rhyme scheme used in the following poem:
There was an Old Man with a beard,
Who said, 'It is just as I feared!
Two Owls and a Hen,
Four Larks and a Wren,
Have all built their nests in my beard!'
What is 1,2,5 & 3,4 lines.
400
What is the theme of the following sentence?
Step in someone's shoes to get rid of ignorance
What is you only understand someone once you see things through his/her eyes.
400
This is an example of alliteration.
What is Sally Sells Seashells by the Seashore.
400
This is the difference between DC and inference.
What is using clues to come to a definite answers vs using information and coming to a reasonable, inductive answer that may be less definite.
500
This is what the length of a paraphrase should be.
What is about the same length as the original text
500
This is the literary device used in the following line:
"The wind was kissing her hair."
What is personification.
500
What is the theme of the Twilight movie series?
What is NOTHING!
500
This is an example of onomatopoeia
What is buzz
500
Three siblings, Ted, Bill and Mary, each take a different course in one of three areas for their senior year: mathematics, art, and thermodynamics. The following statements about the siblings are known to be true.
1)Ted tutors his sibling taking the mathematics course.
2)The art student and Ted have an argument over last night's basketball game.
3)Mary loves the drawing made by her sibling taking the art course.
What course is each sibling taking?
What is Ted = thermodynamics; B = art; M = mathematics