Hurricanes and tornadoes are treacherous. Only a very foolish person would go out during that kind of weather.
What is dangerous?
100
Life is like a box of chocolates.
What is a simile?
100
What is the passage about?
What is topic?
100
All oranges are fruits
All fruits grow on trees
Therefore, all oranges grow on trees
What is deductive reasoning?
100
The topic of the passage.
What is Mt Vesuvius?
200
The dispute about marijuana in California will probably never be resolved.
What is argument or debate?
200
I'm starving!
What is a hyperbole?
200
What about the topic?
What is main idea?
200
I met some children from Garton yesterday.
They were very polite.
All children from that area must be well-behaved.
What is inductive reasoning?
200
Why scientists studied the skeletons found at Pompeii.
What is to study the diet and habits of the residents?
300
Ivan is a wonderful piano player. But Jerri is more versatile; she sings, acts, paints and writes poetry, and also plays the piano.
What is many abilities?
300
He ran past the grapevines hung with buzzing Japanese-beetle traps, to the yellow brick building, with its tall smokestack and wide playing fields.
What is imagery?
300
Who, what, when, where, why, or how?
What are supporting details?
300
The formula that helps make inferences or draw conclusions.
What is...
What I Read + What I Know
300
The causes of destruction to Pompeii.
What are fire and sulphuric gases?
400
Phyllis felt elated when she won the race.
What is happy or excited?
400
Lightning danced across the sky.
What is personification?
400
What happened?
What is effect?
400
The four most common purposes of writing.
What are to inform, to describe, to persuade, and to entertain?
400
The reasons why Mt Vesuvius has received a vast amount of attention.
What are its frequent and destructive eruptions?
500
At first, Leslie was reluctant to try sushi, but now she loves it.
What is not eager or unwilling?
500
All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players.
What is a metaphor?
500
Why did it happen?
What is cause?
500
The skill of picturing what you read.
What is visualization?
500
The main idea of the passage.
What is...
The eruption of Mount Vesuvius and its tragic consequences have provided us with a wealth of data about the effects that volcanoes can have on the surrounding area