Spelling Challenges
1/8/21
Problem Solution
1/12 - 1/13
Making Inferences
1/14/21
Cause / Effect
1/19/21
Summarizing
100

Complete and spell the word for what the story or movie is about (the storyline):  p _ _ _

plot

100

What comes after the problem in a text?

The solution 

100

Another word for proof

evidence

100

The baseball game was cancelled ________ of the rainstorm.  

because

100

A restatement of what has been said.

Summary / summarizing 

200

Complete and spell the word that means the same or similar:  c _ _ _ _ _ e

compare

200

To see or watch something

Observe

200

Part of something, supports the main idea.

detail(s)

200

What is the cause? The baseball game was cancelled because of the rainstorm.  

The rainstorm

200

A ____ about my great-grandfather is that he was born in 1922.

Fact

300

Complete and spell the word that means the same or similar:  c _ _ _ _ _ _ t

contrast

300

To look at closely/carefully 

Examine

300

What word means "the opposite"?

Antonym 

300

In life, causes happen _______ their effects.

(hint: when?)

before

300

The conclusion to the paper gave a _______ of the writer's argument in a few sentences.

summary

400

Complete and spell the word for where and when a story takes place:  s _ _ _ _ _ g

setting

400

What is the word that means to show something? Hint: p _ _ _ _ _ t

Present

400

Infer means using evidence to reach a ________ (judgment).

conclusion

400

What is the effect: Since Jeremiah was sick, he didn't take the math test.

He didn't take the math test

400

Im writing a novel with a complicated _____. I hope my readers can keep track of the order of events.

Plot

500

Complete and spell the word(s) for what the text/story/movie is mostly about:  m _ _ _   i _  _a

main idea

500

What is another word for a problem involving a difficult choice?

Dilemma 

500

To pay attention to what was hinted at but not said directly - to find a hidden meaning 

Read between the lines

500

What is the cause:  The boy slipped due to the ice on the stairs.

The ice on the stairs

500

It is to tell someone the gist, and so you don't forget. Put only r _ _ _ _ _ _ t facts in a summary.  That means "important", in case you were wondering. 

relevant

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