Grammar and Language
Reading Strategies
Text Features
Figurative Language + Vocab
Text Structure
100

Identify the noun, verb, adjective, and adverb in the following sentence: The gray squirrel scampered quickly.

Noun - squirrel, Verb - scampered, Adjective - gray, Adverb - quickly

100

How would you paragraph shrink this paragraph?

Lena planted a small garden in her backyard. She dug holes in the dirt and placed seeds inside. Every day, she watered the soil and watched for changes. After two weeks, tiny green plants began to grow. Lena felt proud because her hard work helped the garden come to life.

Lena worked hard to grow a garden.

100
What do we call is a picture with specific parts labeled.
A diagram.
100

What is this an example of?

Her smile was as bright as the sun.

simile

100
What text structure has lots of specific details about a topic, such as features, characteristics, or examples?
Description
200
What pronoun would replace the noun(s) in this sentence: Mary and her sister went to the movies.
They
200

What should you do to make sure you are answering a question correctly?

Highlight your evidence to prove your answer is correct.

200
How are headings helpful to the reader?
They give the main idea of each section of the text.
200
What is the difference between a metaphor and a simile?
A metaphor says something IS something else while a simile uses LIKE or AS to compare two things. (He was as tall as a giraffe.)
200
What text structure explains how things are alike and different?
Compare and contrast
300

What is the correct way to punctuate this address: 500 Leitersburg St. Greencastle PA 17225

500 Leitersburg St.

Greencastle, PA 17225

300
What is one way to attack a long passage?

Break it into paragraphs and read one paragraph at a time. Be sure to understand what you are reading before moving on to the next paragraph.

300
What is a caption?
The words that explain what a photograph is about.
300

What does the word SHARE mean in this sentence: Your SHARE of the pizza is 2 slices. (Multiple meaning words)

part or portion

300
Which text structure presents something wrong and then how it was fixed?
Problem and solution
400
What is the best way to combine these two sentences? The puppy chased his ball. The puppy chewed on his bone.
The puppy chased his ball and chewed on his bone.
400

How can you figure out the meaning of an unknown word?

Use context clues

400
In which genre of book will you mostly likely find text features?
Informational (Non-fiction)
400
What does the word ILLUMINATED mean in the sentence: When Jane turned on the lamp it ILLUMINATED her chair so she could read.
Lit up (Context clues)
400
Which text structure tells events in the order that they happened?
Sequence of events
500

Choose the correct verb to complete the sentence.

The dogs (runs / run) across the yard every morning.

run

500

How would you paragraph shrink this paragraph?

Bees are important insects that help plants grow. When bees fly from flower to flower, they carry pollen on their bodies. This process is called pollination. Pollination helps plants make fruits and seeds. Without bees, many of the foods we eat would be harder to grow.

Bees help plants grow by pollinating flowers.

500
Why do authors include bold words in the text?
To make them stand out, because they are important, to make you pay attention to them
500
What is a synonym you could use to replace PLUNGED in this sentence: Cameron PLUNGED quickly into the cold waves at the beach.
Dived, jumped
500
What text structure has information that is organized by connected events that explain why certain events happen? (Think: something happens SO something else happens)
Cause and effect.
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