Topic
Main Idea
Vocabulary
Author's Purpose
100
At NASA, 2019 was the year of the woman, yet women still are a small minority there
What is the topic of this article?
Women at Nasa
100
Mental illnesses are serious conditions that are different than feeling sad. Feeling sad, lonely or unhappy sometimes is normal and is usually related to what is happening in your life. Mental illness, on the other hand, refers to disorders that affect someone's mood, thoughts and behavior. Anxiety and depression are examples of mental illnesses. People can experience mental illness even when things seem like they are going well. It is often connected to chemicals in the brain. Most mental illnesses can be treated by doctors.
What is a possible main idea of this text?
Mental illness is a serious condition that is different than feeling sad.
100
What is a term for what the article is really all about?
Central or Main Idea
100
Playing video games helps you learn from your mistakes more efficiently. When you're at your computer or console playing video games, you often make mistakes. That mistake then stays in your head, and you work hard not to make it again. You can then apply those skills to real life, allowing yourself to learn from your mistakes in the real world quickly and not be too let down by them.
What is the author's purpose of this paragraph?
Persuade
200
Health
Meet the "unicorn puppy" with an extra tail on his head
What is a topic of this article?
Extra tailed dog
200
Blame the Grinch or Mother Nature. Either way, the annual Christmas in Ice sculpture park won't open this year in North Pole, Alaska, because of a lack of ice. It's the first cancellation since the event started 14 years ago in the city where Christmas is celebrated year-round and city light poles are decorated like candy canes, Executive Director Keith Fye told the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.
What is a main idea of this text?
Not enough ice to open an ice sculpture park in Alaska.
200
Author's ___________ can usually be classified as Persuade, Inform or Entertain.
Purpose
200
Tchaikovsky (pronounced chai-kov-ski), who also composed music for "The Sleeping Beauty" and "Swan Lake," probably would be surprised at how "The Nutcracker" has overcome its shaky start. It is among the most performed of all ballets and is popular in the United States, where it is celebrating its 75th anniversary. Its first complete performance in America was in San Francisco, California, in December 1944.
What is the purpose of this paragraph?
Inform
300
Sports
In Finland, horses were the source of entertainment and electricity
What is a possible topic of this article?
Finland Horses
300
Only A Quarter Of Top NASA Positions
Yet there are still very few women employees at NASA and other aerospace companies. Women make up only about one in three NASA workers. They make up just over a quarter of top NASA positions, according to a NASA survey.
What is a possible main idea for this text?
Not very many women work at NASA
300
What comes after a main idea that gives additional information?
Supporting Details
300
Mr and Mrs Dursley, of number four Privet Drive, were proud to say that they were perfectly normal, thank you very much.
What is the author's purpose of this text?
Entertain
400
High school teaches all aspects of the workforce, including unionizing
What is a possible topic of this article?
School teaches trades
400
Riley Campbell, Shirelle Hurt and London Jones noticed that boys and girls are sometimes given different messages by family, friends and society. It's OK for girls to cry and be open about their feelings, but boys are often told to hide these feelings. They are expected to be tough and angry instead.
What is a possible Main Idea of this text?
Boys and girls are given different messages by people around them.
400
The slant or attitude the author has towards their writing.
Author's Perspective
400
So what can we learn from the GWU studies? As Visek observed, "When it comes to organized sports, kids just want to have fun."
Maybe everyone should listen to the kids.
What is the author's purpose in this text?
Persuade
500
It's the thought that counts: UCLA opens institute to study kindness
What is a possible topic?
Studying Kindness
500
There are a handful of plaques popping up in a New Hampshire town that are a little out of the ordinary.
They don't honor important people or places in history. Many of these signs describe events that haven't happened yet. The signs imagine events like rising sea levels and an explosion of ticks. They are part of an effort to draw attention to the possible effects of climate change.
Scientists say climate change or global warming has gotten worse because of the burning of fossil fuels. Fossil fuels are natural fuels like oil, gas and wood. Burning them creates greenhouse gases. The gases cause global warming.
What is a possible main idea of this text?
Plaques are being put up in New Hampshire to get attention about global warming.
500
To express a though or try to communicate something.
Convey
500
Laurence Steinberg is a psychology professor at Temple University. He studies the mind and how and why people make decisions. He found similarities between mice and human adolescent behavior when in groups. He set up two experiments. One involved mice in which half were adolescents drinking ethanol-spiked water. The other involved human teens played a video game that reproduced driving conditions. The results were strikingly similar.
What is the author's purpose in this text?
Inform