Reading Skills
Reading Skills
Grammar
Writing
Poetry
100

A developing idea about what will happen next in a story.

What is a prediction?

100

The author's attempt to create a complete picture of a character for the reader.

What is characterization?

100

A part of speech that is a special naming word.

What is a proper noun?

100
when you examine the similarities and differences between two or more things
What is compare and contrast?
100

A series of lines grouped together in a poem.

What is a stanza?

200

When the storyteller tells the story from their own point of view.

What is first person?

200

The sequence of events that occur within a story.

What is plot?

200

In the word "comfortable", -able is..

What is the suffix?

200
type of paper using information based on facts
What is research writing?
200

The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song.

What is rhythm scheme?

300
the main reason an author writes a literary work - to entertain, inform or persuade.
What is the author's purpose?
300

The underlying message or lesson in a story.

What is theme?

300

Two or more sentences put together with a conjunction. 

What is a compound sentence?

300
An essay that examines the relationship between events, explaining how one event or situation causes another.
What is a cause and effect essay?
300

The use of figurative language to evoke a sensory experience in the reader.

What is imagery?

400
specific words or phrases that stir up positive or negative feelings
What are connotations?
400

The most important thing about the topic.

What is the main idea?

400

A word that describes a noun.

What is a and adjective?

400
essay that describes a clear set of steps to achieve a result.
What is a problem and solution essay?
400
repetition of sounds at the ends of words
What is rhyme?
500
words found in the text of a work, surrounding an unfamiliar word to help you determine the meaning of a word you many not know.
What are context clues?
500

Making a guess based on information available in a story. 

What is inferencing?

500

The tense this word sentence is written in: She will turn 12 on her birthday.

What is future tense?

500
narrator takes part in the action of the story and refers to himself or herself as "I".
What is first-person point of view
500
tells a story in verse
What is a narrative poem?
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