Parts of Speech
Myths & Folktales
Reading Comprehension
Stems
Essay Organization
100
A person, place, thing, or idea.
What is a noun?
100
A Greek myth that explained why there are 4 seasons.
What is Demeter and Persephone?
100
The text surrounding a new vocabulary word, which you can use to figure out its meaning.
What are context clues?
100
The stem meaning 'before'
What is Pre?
100
The number of paragraphs in your standard, well-organized essay.
What is 5?
200
An action word; something you can do.
What is a verb?
200
In the Mexican legend Popocatepetl and Iztaccíhuatl, it was explained why this exists.
What are 2 mountains (or volcanoes)?
200
The concept or message that an entire article, story, or essay is about.
What is the main idea?
200
The stem meaning 'voice'
What is Voc?
200
The number of main ideas in a well-organized essay.
What is 1?
300
A word that describes a verb, or describes HOW something is done.
What is an adverb?
300
In Sun and Moon in a Box, the story of what 2 characters explained why there are 4 seasons?
Who are the coyote and eagle?
300
These are the specific sentences in an essay that support or prove why the main idea is true.
What are supporting topics?
300
The stem meaning 'touch'
What is Tact?
300
The number of supporting topics in a well-organized essay.
What is 3?
400
A describing word; it usually describes a noun
What is an adjective?
400
Where did the folktale 'The Spider's Gift' come from?
What is Ukraine?
400
True or False: When you select a multiple choice answer for a question about a reading passage, you MUST know WHY you chose that answer.
What is True?
400
The stem meaning 'feelings'
What is Path?
400
The paragraph in which you ALWAYS restate the main idea and 3 supporting topics.
What is the conclusion?
500
A word that connects 2 clauses in a sentence.
What is a conjunction?
500
Another word for the lesson a story teaches. In 'The Spider's Gift' the book taught readers that kindness can be repaid in big ways sometimes.
What is a moral?
500
The number of answer choices you should *carefully* read at LEAST once when choosing a multiple choice answer for a reading passage question.
What is ALL OF THEM :)
500
The stem meaning 'wrong'
What is Mis?
500
True or False: You should not include details to explain one supporting topic in a paragraph that belongs to a DIFFERENT supporting topic!
What is True?
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