Vocabulary
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This word means "very large or huge."
What is gigantic?
In "The flower began to wilt in the hot sun," this word means to droop or become limp.
What is wilt?
The root in "telephone" that means "far" or "distant."
What is tele?
The type of figurative language in "She was as fast as a cheetah."
What is a simile?
The term for what a paragraph is mostly about.
What is the main idea?
This is the term for information in a text that supports your answer.
What is text evidence?
In the sentence "The timid kitten hid behind the curtain," this word describes the kitten's behavior.
What is timid?
"Even though the road was treacherous, they continued the journey," this word means dangerous or unsafe.
What is treacherous?
The root in "scribble" that means "write."
What is scrib?
The meaning of the idiom "It's raining cats and dogs."
What is raining very hard?
The method to find the main idea of a paragraph.
What is look for repeated ideas and supporting details?
This is what you do when you explain what the text means using your own words.
What is summarize?
A word that means the same as "happy."
What is joyful?
The type of context clue that gives an example to help define a word.
What is an example clue?
The prefix in "preview" that means "before."
What is pre-?
The figurative language used in "The classroom was a zoo."
What is a metaphor?
The term for a fact or example that backs up the main idea.
What is a supporting detail?
This is the term for a conclusion you reach based on evidence and reasoning.
What is an inference?
A word that means the opposite of "ancient."
What is modern?
The part of the sentence "A cartographer, a person who makes maps, drew the new route" that defines "cartographer."
What is "a person who makes maps"?
The suffix in "hopeful" that means "full of."
What is -ful?
The type of figurative language in "The wind whispered through the trees."
What is personification?
The sentence that best supports the main idea that "exercise keeps you healthy."
What is "Running every day helps keep your heart strong"? Or something related to exercise keeping you healthy.
This is the term for a statement that can be proven true by evidence.
What is a fact?
The prefix in "autobiography" that means "self."
What is auto-?
The context clue that helps you understand the meaning of "reluctantly" in "He reluctantly handed over his favorite toy."
What is he didn’t want to give it up?
The root in "destruction" that relates to breaking down or ruining a structure.
What is struct?
The meaning of the idiom "break the ice."
What is start a conversation or make people feel more comfortable?
The sentence that does NOT support the main idea "Pollution harms animals."
What is "Some animals live in trees"? or any other sentence not related to pollution harming animals.
This is the term for the author's reason for writing a text.
What is the author's purpose?