MCAP REVIEW GAME

1

100

Name one text structure

 

200

We should use these type of words to make our writing flow better and have more meaning.

Transition words

300

What is the answer to a conflict?

Solution

400

What are words that describe verbs?

Adverbs

500

These are things that describe the person or animal in a story

Character Traits

2

100

What are words that describe nouns & pronouns?

Adjectives

200

What a text is mostly about

Main Idea

300

The reader's feeling while reading a text

Mood

400

What should we do if we don't know an answer to a question about the text?

 

500

What is a part of a word added to the beginning of a word to change its meaning called?

Prefix

3

100

What is a part of a word added to the end of a word to change its meaning called?

Suffix

200

Facts or information that prove an idea.  We generally get this from a text. 

Evidence

300

Putting items in order

Sequence

400

Words that describe verbs.  Give one example, too. 

Adverb

500

The narrator's position or ideas about a subject

Point of View

4

100

These support a main idea

Detail

200

The author's attitude

Tone

300

Give an example of figurative language

  

400

The three author's purposes and what they mean

Persuade, inform, entertain

500

The words/details that help us understand the meaning of an unknown word in a text.

Context Clues

5

100

What is one strategy I can use to figure out what a context clue means?

Look at the sentence before and the sentence after.

200

Give an example of a text feature

  

300

A category of things that help us to understand non-fiction text better is...

Text Feature

400

What does it mean to summarize?

To give the main points from the text in your own words.

500

What is one way that you can compare and contrast characters of a story?

Venn Diagram