Reading Comprehension
What is the central idea of a nonfiction passage called?
What is the main idea?
What is it called when something nonhuman is given human traits?
What is personification?
What are the three main reasons an author writes (PIE)?
What are to persuade, inform, or entertain?
What punctuation is used to join two independent clauses with a conjunction?
What is a comma?
If a character is described as “benevolent,” what does that suggest?
What is kind or charitable?
In fiction, what is the sequence of events in a story called?
What is the plot?
“The wind howled through the trees” is an example of what?
What is personification or imagery?
What is the author’s purpose in an editorial?
What is to persuade?
Which sentence is correct?
A) Its raining outside.
B) It’s raining outside.
What is B?
If “melancholy” is used to describe a setting, what kind of mood is created?
What is a sad or gloomy mood?
What can a reader infer if a character keeps looking at the door and checking the time?
What is that the character is waiting for someone or anxious?
What’s the difference between a simile and a metaphor?
What is a simile uses “like” or “as” and a metaphor does not?
How can you tell if a passage is meant to inform?
What is it includes facts, data, and objective language?
What is a run-on sentence?
What is two or more independent clauses joined without proper punctuation?
In context, what does “reluctantly” most likely mean?
What is unwillingly or hesitantly?
When analyzing tone, what should you look for in the author’s word choice?
What are connotations and emotionally charged language?
What literary device is used when a story flashes back to an earlier time?
What is flashback?
What kind of evidence would an author use to support an argument?
What are statistics, expert opinions, and examples?
What is parallel structure?
What is using the same grammatical form in a list or series?
If a character is “meticulous,” how do they behave?
What is carefully and with attention to detail?
What is the difference between a theme and a main idea?
What is that theme is a universal message, and main idea is specific to the text?
What’s it called when a writer hints at events to come later in a story?
What is foreshadowing?
If an author uses satire, what is their likely purpose?
What is to entertain and criticize something through humor?
Which sentence correctly uses a semicolon?
A) I like coffee; she prefers tea.
B) I like coffee; and she prefers tea.
What is A?
What context clue strategy helps define an unfamiliar word?
What is using synonyms, antonyms, examples, or explanations in the sentence?