Parts of Speech
Text Structure
Figurative Language
Main Idea/Details
Words
100
A person, place, or thing
What is a Noun
100
Apples and oranges are both fruits, which means that they have seeds inside of them. Each has a skin, but orange skins are thick and easy to peel. Apple skins are thinner and do not peel easily. Oranges also contain more acid than apples, but both fruits are delicious. The structure of this text is...
What is Compare & Contrast
100
A word that compares things using like or as.
What is a simile
100
Where you would find specific key details of a story- Introduction, Body, or Conclusion
What is The body of the text
100
The plural form of mouse
What is Mice
200
A word that describes a noun
What is an adjective
200
Freezer burn may have wasted more ice-cream than sidewalks. If you don’t know, freezer burn is when ice crystals form on the surface of ice-cream. These ice crystals can ruin the texture and flavor of the ice cream. But you can prevent freezer burn. Since freezer burn is caused when melted ice-cream is refrozen, rather than eating your ice-cream from the container as it melts, scoop your ice-cream into a bowl and put the container back in the fridge immediately. Doing this ought to help you solve your issues with freezer burn. The structure of this text is...
What is Problem/solution
200
This word compares things WITHOUT using like or as
What is a metaphor
200
The rain began early in the morning. It fell as hard drops, one after another. The sky was full of dark purple clouds. Thunder began as a soft rumble and became louder and louder. Lightning crashed every few minutes, lighting up the entire sky. Wind blew branches right off their trees. The main idea of this passage is
What is the storm is very strong
200
A group of letters BEFORE the root word that can change its meaning
What is a prefix
300
A word that shows action
What is a verb
300
No one knows the true origin of ice-cream, but the first published ice-cream recipe appears in “Mrs. Mary Eales's Receipts,” a cook book that was printed in London in 1718. Sometime around 1832, an African American confectioner named Augustus Jackson created multiple ice cream recipes and invented a superior technique to manufacture ice cream. Ice cream soda was invented around 1874, but the real breakthrough may have been at the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, when the American ice-cream cone was unveiled! The structure of this text is...
What is Chronological Order
300
An exaggeration (Example: I told you a million times)
What is hyperbole
300
James and his sister, Anna, went to the carnival on Saturday. They rode the merry-go-round, the roller coaster and the Ferris wheel. James ate popcorn and a hot dog. Anna drank lemonade and ate an apple. They saw many exciting shows. They were tired when they went home. The main idea of this passage is
What is James and Anna did many things at the carnival
300
The root word of unlikable
What is Like
400
An adverb does this
What is tells when or how a verb happens
400
Eating cereal is easy. First, get out your materials. Next, pour your cereal in the bowl, add milk, and enjoy. The structure of this text is...
What is Sequence
400
Onomatopoeia
What is a sound effect word
400
Spots was a large grey and white cat. Spots lived in a barn on a farm. Spots liked living in the barn. It was warm in the winter and cool in the summer. There were many mice for Spots to chase. Best of all, Spots had a soft place to sleep in the corner of the barn. The main idea of this passage is
What is The barn is a good place for Spots
400
A synonym and antonym for exciting
What are fun and boring (other acceptable answers)
500
Words that take the place of nouns. Examples include he, she, him, her, they, them, & it.
What is a pronoun
500
Have you ever had an ice-cream headache? That’s when a painful sensation resonates in your head after eating something cold (usually ice-cream) on a hot day. This pain is produced by the dilation of a nerve center in the roof of your mouth. The nerve center is overreacting to the cold by trying to heat your brain. Ice-cream headaches have turned many smiles to frowns. The structure of this text is...
What is Cause & Effect
500
When human qualities are given to nonhuman things
What is personification
500
What we do to figure out what the main idea is when it isn't deliberately stated by the author.
What is Infer (Figure it out on our own using what we already know and the details given to us by the author)
500
Johnny saw his big sister playing soccer which made him want to play to/too/two.
What is too
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