Parts of Speech
Writing
Comprehension
Vocabulary
Test Taking Strategies
100
I name a person, place, or thing.
What is a noun
100
I am a type of writing connected to a text.
What is an open response
100
I tell how two or more things are alike.
What is compare
100
I am a word that means "to leave readers with questions".
What is "vague"
100
I am symbols you can use while reading.
What are think marks
200
I am an action or a state of being.
What is a verb
200
I am a type of writing connected to your own thinking.
What is the long composition
200
I tell how two or more things are different.
What is contrast
200
I am a word that means "possible" or "could happen".
What is "likely"
200
I am a strategy to use before answering a multiple choice or a writing prompt.
What is tagging
300
I describe a noun and answer questions such as "how many" and "personality"
What is an adjective
300
I am a type of writing that is written to entertain and is a story about the writer.
What is a personal narrative
300
I tell the reader the purpose of a text or paragraph.
What is main idea
300
I am a word that means "what the author is trying to tell the reader".
What is "message"
300
I am a strategy to use on a multiple choice question only.
What is crossing out bogus answers
400
I describe a verb and answer questions such as "why" and "how".
What is an adverb
400
I am a type of writing that uses your imagination and is written to entertain.
What is an imaginative narrative
400
I use background knowledge and clues from the text.
What is inference
400
I am a word that means "jealous" or "unfair".
What is "resentful"
400
I am a way of organizing my thinking before writing.
What is an H-Chart
500
Name the part of speech of the word "stray" as it is used in the sentence: "While walking down the street the stray dog began chasing a bird".
What is an adjective
500
I am a type of writing that is written to convince or persuade the reader.
What is opinion
500
I tell "what happened" and "what happened as a result".
What is cause and effect
500
I am a word that means "to make the reader happy".
What is "entertain"
500
I am a strategy I can use to make sure I am getting the correct answer.
What is going back into the text or rereading
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