Genre
Vocabulary
Text Features
Reading/Comprehension Skill
Grammar
100
A ___________ is the story of someone's life written by another person. Usually presents the events of a person's life in chronological order.
Biography
100
Noah felt ________ after spinning around and around on the grass.
Dizzy
100
This text feature is accompanied by a picture and explains what is happening.
A caption
100
A ________ is why an event or action took place. An _______ is what happens as a result.
Cause & Effect
100
What type of words do adverbs describe?
Verbs and Adjectives
200
What type of genre contains "exaggerations" and "larger than life characters"?
Tall Tale
200
The dog got into ________ and chewed apart the pillow from the couch.
mischief
200
Which text feature usually contains definitions and pronunciation?
"Words to know" / Vocabulary
200
Which reading skill allows the reader to paint a picture in their head of what is happening?
Visualize
200
Which words "sound" the same?
Homophones
300
This type of genre presents facts and information about the main topic.
Expository / Informational
300
The wildlife biologist led an __________ to explore the rain forest.
Expedition
300
This text feature usually contains a key and shows locations.
A map
300
When you __________, you retell the most important details in a paragraph or section.
Summarize
300
Which words "look" the same?
Homographs
400
Which genre usually contains realistic characters and "flashbacks"?
Historical Fiction
400
My grandmother showed me a picture of my great-grandparents and other _________.
Ancestors
400
Which text feature allows the reader to know what they are going to read about in the next section of an article?
Sub-headings
400
The ______________ is the most important idea or point that an author makes.
Main Idea
400
SUPERlative Adjectives compare how many things?
Three or more things.
500
What do the letters in P.I.E. stand for?
P: Persuade I: Inform E: Entertain
500
Sarah is an ___________ who started her own dog walking business.
Entrepreneur
500
Which type of genre usually contains text features such as sub-headings, "words to know", maps, and graphs?
Expository / Informational
500
The _________ of a story is the overall message or lesson that an author wants to communicate to the reader.
Theme
500
What two greek root words are in BIOGRAPHY and what do they mean?
BIO: life GRAPH: to write
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