Narrative
Compare/Contrast
RST
Vocabulary Through Context Clues
Grammar & Sentence Structure
100

The spoken words of characters

What is dialogue?

100

Finding the similarities between two characters, stories, themes, etc.

What is comparing?

100

The number of resources used to write a research simulation task

What is 3?

100

The meaning of the word alter in the following sentence:


"Grandpa didn't know that Suzie was coming along on the fishing trip, and now he had to alter his plans."

What is change?

100

A sentence that only has a subject or only has a predicate

What is a fragment?

200

Giving human-like characteristics to non-living things

What is personification?

200

Finding the differences between two characters, stories, themes, etc.

What is contrasting?

200

The main idea or point you want to prove in a research essay

What is a claim?

200

The meaning of the word melodramatic in the following sentence:


"When Kiki got a tiny cut on her pinky finger she became melodramatic demanding a doctor."

What is exaggerated or overly emotional?

200

A sentence that has both a subject and a predicate

What is a complete sentence?

300

Words used to describe things using touch, taste, smell, sound, or sight

What are sensory details?

300

The number of paragraphs in a compare & contrast essay.

What is 4?

300

The number of paragraphs in an RST essay

What is 5?

300

The meaning of the word remorse in the following sentence:


"As Billy walked home with the gum he had stolen from the convenience store, a strong feeling of remorse bubbled inside of him."

What is guilt or regret?

300

Who or what a sentence is about

What is a subject?

400

Narratives that are made up or not real

What is fiction?

400

The paragraph that states the claim for the first time

What is the introduction paragraph?

400

Exact words taken from a text to support a claim

What is text evidence?

400

The meaning of the word dismal in the following sentence:


"With the field torn up by the players' cleats and the pounding rain, the playing conditions were dismal."

What is depressing, terrible, gloomy (etc.)?

400

The action in a sentence (what the person, place, or thing is doing)

What is a predicate?

500

The sequence used to tell a story

What is a plot diagram/plot mountain?

500

Similarity or a difference?

Both characters struggle with their identity. However, Amy faces issues with her own self-perception, while Sofia feels judged by others.

What is a difference?

500

The way credit is given to the author of a text in a citation

What are parentheses, author's last name, and page number?

500

The meaning of the word beckoned in the sentence below:

"The lady decided it was time for her cup of tea, so by jingling her tiny silver bell, she beckoned her servants to come."

What is to call someone over?

500

Words such as for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

What is a conjunction?

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