The details in the text that support claim or an opinion.
What is textual evidence?
100
The reason the author wrote the text.
What is author's purpose?
100
I am so hungry I could eat a horse!
What is hyperbole?
100
When a question says to "cite an example for the text" as part of an answer, you must use this.
What is textual evidence?
100
Seeing a person in a raincoat and umbrella and figuring out that it is raining is an example of an ______________.
What is an inference?
200
The main message or moral of a story.
What is theme?
200
A sentence or two that states the position or claim of the author or speaker.
What is thesis statement?
200
The feelings the reader gets from reading the author's words.
What is mood?
200
The ______________________ of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is fantasy.
What is genre?
200
The ability to accurately read with speed and expression.
What is fluency?
300
The use of symbols to represent an abstract idea.
What is symbolism?
300
The MAIN meaning of a text or passage.
What is the central idea?
300
To hint at events or actions that will take place later in the story.
What is foreshadowing?
300
"That whale is as big as a house!" is an example of a ______________________.
What is simile?
300
The ____________________ of Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH is Mr. Fitzgibbon's farm.
What is the setting?
400
You have to write a book report and you didn't read the book. You decide to just copy a summary that you found on the internet. This is an example of _________.
What is plagiarism?
400
December is to Christmas as November is to Thanksgiving.
What is an analogy?
400
Cheryl is going to go back and revise and correct her writing before she gives it to her teacher.
What is editing?
400
When you correct your writing to improve it.
What is revising?
400
The attitudes or feelings of an author or speaker toward a subject.
What is tone?
500
Just thinking about the word Thanksgiving makes my mouth water in anticipation of all the yummy foods I will eat. This is a example of _______________.
What is connotative meaning?
500
A recipe, directions to build a bike, or the manual to your new tv.
What is functional text?
500
A type of nonfiction written to convey, describe, explain, or persuade the reader.
What is informational text?
500
This type of punctuation is always used around the words that people speak in _______________.
What is dialogue?
500
An expression that says one thing but means something else.