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Reading Trivia
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very easily broken

brittle

100

tubes or passageways carrying fluid around an organism; containers

vessels

100

changes that make a plant or animal better suited to an environment

adaptations

100

shape or outline of something

contour

100

What can the message of a story also be known as?

The theme

200

categories of living things

species

200

short, stiff hair of an animal or plant

bristle

200

separated and removed from the body

excreted

200

left someone or something alone

deserted

200

What is wrong with the following sentence: Jack and Jill went up the hill with there pail of water.

There should be 'their'.

300

not very deep

shallow

300

all the living things and conditions of a place

environment

300

unusual; unlike anything else

unique

300

animals that are mammals but lay eggs

monotremes

300

What type of writing would you use if you want to encourage someone to do something?

Persuasive writing

400

soaked or drenched

steeped

400

shining with a soft, flickering light

shimmering

400

organized

arranged

400

an animal hunted by others for food

prey

400

What do you call the people, creatures, or animals in a story?

The characters

500

 soft or gentle; easily damaged

tender

500

very fast-moving parts of a river

rapids

500

looking or acting like something else

mimicry

500

to dig a hole

burrows

500

 What is being used in the following sentence: My vehicle was crying out to be cleaned!

Personification

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