a book about the life of a person, written by that person.
What is an autobiography
100
choose the correct antonym for the word easy: effortless, simplified, challenging, boring
What is challenging
100
using facts and details from a story to come to a final answer about something.
What is drawing conclusions
100
Bang! Crash! Pop! Creak! Examples of what type of figurative language?
What is onomonopia
200
in between
What is inter-
200
an opinion piece published in a newspaper or magazine.
What is an editorial
200
choose the correct synonym for the word happy: discouraged, jubilant, sorrowful, distant
What is jubilant
200
taking facts from a story to make an educated assumption; seeing between the lines
What is making an inference
200
What uses the words “like” or “as” to compare one object or idea with another to suggest they are alike?
What is a simile
300
under, below
What is sub-
300
a piece that aims to persuade an audience to purchase or take some action upon products, ideas, or services.
What is an advertisement
300
choose the correct synonym for the word firm: flexible, stiff, weak, broken
What is stiff
300
to persuade, inform, or entertain
What is the author's purpose
300
What is the repetition of the same initial letter, sound, or group of sounds in a series of words?
What is alliteration
400
wrong, bad
What is mis-
400
a book or set of books containing articles on various topics, usually in alphabetical arrangement, covering all branches of knowledge.
What is an encyclopedia
400
choose the correct antonym for the word defiant: insubordinate, rebellious, excited, respectful
What is respectful
400
bits of information from a text that, when combined with the reader's own knowledge, allow the reader to determine the meaning of unknown words in the text.
What are context clues
400
What states a fact or draws a verbal picture by the use of comparison without using like or as?
What is a metaphor
500
to go around
What is circum-
500
a detail description or account of someone's life
What is a biography
500
choose the correct antonym for the word endurance: preserverance, energy, exhaustion, power
What is exhaustion
500
time sequence, compare/contrast, cause/effect, problem/solution, descriptive are examples of
What is text organization
500
What is a figure of speech in which human characteristics are given to an animal or an object?