Context Clues
Understanding Literature
Poetry
Reading Tools
Word Study
100
Ms. Kahlow made me *retake* my test, because I didn't use my strategies.
What is take again
100
Where the story takes place
What is setting
100
"Sing and Ring" "Man and Fan" "Prance and Dance"
What are rhyming words
100
When something happens, something else happens as a result
What is cause and effect
100
the base of a word can also be called this
What is the root
200
We had to *vacate* the building when the fire alarm sounded because no one could be left in side.
What is leave
200
The person or people in a story
What are characters
200
Words that sound like what they mean (i.e. giggle, click, zoom)
What are onomatopoeias
200
A statement that is always true
What is a fact
200
the part of a word that comes in front of a base/root
What is the prefix
300
My body was still *quivering* after my brother jumped out from behind the bush to scare me.
What is shaking
300
A type of text that includes fairy tales, legends, short stories, and novels
What is fiction
300
A peanut sat on a railroad track, Its heart was all a-flutter. Along came a choo-choo train. Toot! Toot! It was peanut butter. The onomatopoeia in the poem
What is toot toot
300
When authors write about events in the order that they happened
What is sequence
300
the part of the word that comes behind the base
What is the suffix
400
Ms. Sanchez was so *distraught* when she recieved the bad news that Ms. Whitmore had to drive her home.
What is upset
400
A type of text that includes textbooks, encyclopedias, newspapers, and biographies
What is non-fiction
400
An extreme eggageration.
What is hyperbole
400
This is what a story or passage is mostly about and it helps you understand the passage better.
What is main idea
400
Words that mean the same thing
What is synonyms
500
Andrew was *elated* to learn that he had won the drawing contest
What is happy
500
Includes: Exposition, Rising Action, Climax, Falling Action, Resolution.
What are the elements of plot.
500
"Baby, you're a firework" is an example of
What is a metaphor
500
The lesson learned
What is moral/theme
500
Words that mean different things
What are antonyms
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