Reading Detectives
This is the BEST type of evidence to use when proving a claim about a text.
What is a direct quote from the text?
Solve: 8 × 7
What is 56?
The document beginning with “We the People” is this.
What is the Constitution?
Water changing from liquid to gas is called this.
What is evaporation?
The word “quickly” is what part of speech?
What is an adverb?
If an author describes a room as “gloomy,” “rotting,” and “silent,” the author is most likely creating this.
What is mood (or atmosphere)?
A graph showing a straight line increasing from left to right has this type of slope.
What is positive slope?
This system divides government power among branches so no one branch becomes too powerful.
What is checks and balances?
The force that pulls objects toward Earth is this.
What is gravity?
“Time is a thief” is this type of figurative language.
What is a metaphor?
When readers figure something out that the author does not directly say, they are making this.
What is an inference?
Solve for x:
2x+6=18
What is 6?
This movement fought to end racial segregation and secure equal rights for African Americans.
What is the Civil Rights Movement?
The tiny particles that make up all matter are called these.
What are atoms?
A sentence that can stand alone because it expresses a complete thought is called this.
What is an independent clause?
A story’s central message about life or human nature is called this.
What is theme?
The distance around a circle is called this.
What is circumference?
A primary source from World War II would MOST likely be this.
What is a letter, diary, photograph, newspaper, or artifact from the time?
Energy stored in food, fuel, or batteries is this type of energy.
What is chemical energy?
Words like “however,” “meanwhile,” and “therefore” are often used as these in writing.
What are transitions?
If a narrator only knows the thoughts and feelings of one character, the point of view is MOST likely this.
What is third person limited?
A store raises prices from $40 to $50. The percent increase is this.
What is 25%?
This economic system is based on private ownership and competition.
What is capitalism?
In an experiment, the factor being tested is called this variable.
What is the independent variable?
The repetition of beginning consonant sounds is called this.
What is alliteration?