Putting events of the story in order is a comprehension skill called
A. Directing B. Understanding C. Sequencing D. Fishing
What is C. Sequencing?
100
The -ful in the word successful is called:
A. Ending B. Suffix C. Prefix D. Base word
What is B. Suffix?
100
When the narrator is telling you his or her own story and using the word "I" it is called:
A. Second person B. First person C. Third person
What is B. First person?
100
A genre that has made up characters but, it could happen in real life is called:
A. Fiction B. Realistic Fiction C. Non-fiction D. Historical Fiction
What is B. Realistic Fiction
100
A sentence that makes a statement is called:
A. Declarative B. Interrogative C. Exclamatory
What is A. Declarative?
200
A comprehension strategy that identifies the important ideas and briefly stating them is:
A. Summarizing B. Analyzing C. Context D. Skipping
What is A. Summarizing
200
The base word in: yelling, yells, yelled
What is yell?
200
An author may write a story to:
A. persuade B. inform C. entertain D. all of these
What is D. all of these?
200
A book that tells the true story of a person's life is called?
What is a biography?
200
Words that are spelled the same way but have different meanings are called:
A. Synonyms B. Prefixes C. Homonyms D. Suffixes
What is C. Homonyms
300
True or false? When summarizing a story you only include the main idea, not the little details.
What is True?
300
What is the meaning of the word: wonderful?
What is: Full of wonder?
300
When a story is told by a narrator that is not in the story that uses the words "he, she, they" it is called:
A. Second person B. First person C. Third person
What is C. Third person?
300
A fictional story that presents a moral is called?
What is a fable?
300
Read the analogy:
Boy is to man as girl is to _______
What is woman?
400
The pieces of information that tell more about the main idea are called?
What are details?
400
What is the suffix in the word deceiver? What does deceiver mean?
What is: er? And what is: Someone who deceives?
400
This point of view is used mainly with recipes and giving directions. It uses the pronoun you
What is: Second person?
400
A type of poetry that has rhymes, uses meter and is made up of stanzas is called?
What is Lyrical poetry?
400
Adding -ist to the end of a word such as geologist means...
What is one who is expert in?
500
Name the five literary elements of a fiction story...
What is: Character, Setting, Plot, Conflict, Theme
500
How does the reader determine the meaning of a homonym?
For example: bear, bare great, grate sale,sail
What is: By using the context of the sentence?
500
From what point of view is an autobiography written?
What is: First person, using the pronoun I?
500
A story with a leading character who is often an animal with magical powers who is wise and also a fool.