Reading Comprehension
The central point the author wants to make.
What is the main idea of a passage?
This word has the prefix "pre-" and means a step taken to avoid harm or danger.
What is a precaution?
This sentence starts a paragraph and tells what it’s about.
What is a topic sentence?
This term describes who is telling the story.
What is point of view?
This is the correct version: “Me and him went to the store.”
What is ‘He and I went to the store’?
This is the lesson or moral the reader learns.
What is the theme?
This word has the prefix "re-" and means to be unwilling or hesitant.
What is reluctant?
This wraps up a piece of writing and restates the main idea.
What is a conclusion?
When an author compares two things using “like” or “as,” they are using this device.
What is a simile?
This is the subject in the sentence: “The large dog barked all night.
What is ‘The large dog’?
The main problem a character faces.
What is the conflict in a story?
This word has the prefix "dis-" and means shocked, disappointed, or upset.
What is dismayed?
These are the three main parts of an essay.
What are introduction, body, and conclusion?
A text organized to highlight similarities and differences uses this structure.
What is compare and contrast?
This word shows direction in the sentence: “She walked across the bridge.”
What is a preposition?
Evidence that backs up the main idea.
What is a supporting detail?
This idiom means “to study hard.”
What is “hit the books”?
This is the feeling or atmosphere created by a text.
What is the mood or tone?
The mood of a passage where a character yells and slams a door might be described as this.
What is angry or frustrated?
This is how to fix the run-on: “I love pizza it’s so good.”
What is ‘I love pizza. It’s so good.’?
When you use clues from the text to figure something out, you're doing this.
What is making an inference?
If something lurched forward, it moved like this.
What is suddenly or awkwardly?
These words or phrases show how ideas are connected.
What are transition words?
When an author exaggerates something for effect, like “I’ve told you a million times!”, they’re using this.
What is hyperbole?
“Their,” “they’re,” and “there” are examples of these confusing words.
What are homophones?